diff --git a/bindings/go/whisper.go b/bindings/go/whisper.go
index b77e103c..96606620 100644
--- a/bindings/go/whisper.go
+++ b/bindings/go/whisper.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ const (
 	SampleRate = C.WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE                 // Expected sample rate, samples per second
 	SampleBits = uint16(unsafe.Sizeof(C.float(0))) * 8 // Sample size in bits
 	NumFFT     = C.WHISPER_N_FFT
-	NumMEL     = C.WHISPER_N_MEL
 	HopLength  = C.WHISPER_HOP_LENGTH
 	ChunkSize  = C.WHISPER_CHUNK_SIZE
 )
diff --git a/examples/bench.wasm/emscripten.cpp b/examples/bench.wasm/emscripten.cpp
index 3624bbc4..cc761485 100644
--- a/examples/bench.wasm/emscripten.cpp
+++ b/examples/bench.wasm/emscripten.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ void bench_main(size_t index) {
 
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: running benchmark with %d threads - please wait...\n", __func__, n_threads);
 
-    if (int ret = whisper_set_mel(ctx, nullptr, 0, WHISPER_N_MEL)) {
+    const int n_mel = 80;
+
+    if (int ret = whisper_set_mel(ctx, nullptr, 0, n_mel)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to set mel: %d\n", ret);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/examples/bench/bench.cpp b/examples/bench/bench.cpp
index 9f50b3b6..a16c0f7f 100644
--- a/examples/bench/bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/bench/bench.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ int whisper_bench_full(const whisper_params & params) {
         return 2;
     }
 
-    if (int ret = whisper_set_mel(ctx, nullptr, 0, WHISPER_N_MEL)) {
+    const int n_mel = 80;
+
+    if (int ret = whisper_set_mel(ctx, nullptr, 0, n_mel)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to set mel: %d\n", ret);
         return 3;
     }