diff --git a/src/audio/al-util.h b/src/audio/al-util.h
index 9f74ff4e..98715de3 100644
--- a/src/audio/al-util.h
+++ b/src/audio/al-util.h
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ namespace Source
 				break;
 			case VolumeScale::Db35:
 				if (value > FLT_EPSILON) {
-					value = std::powf(10., -(35. / 20.) * (1. - value));
+					value = std::powf(10.0f, -(35.0f / 20.0f) * (1.0f - value));
 				}
 				break;
 		}
-		alSourcef(id.al, AL_GAIN, value);
+		alSourcef(id.al, AL_GAIN, value * 0.8f);
 	}
 
 	inline void setPitch(Source::ID id, float value)
@@ -269,6 +269,5 @@ inline ALenum chooseALFormat(int sampleSize, int channelCount)
 
 #define AUDIO_SLEEP 10
 #define STREAM_BUF_SIZE 32768
-#define GLOBAL_VOLUME 0.8f
 
 #endif // ALUTIL_H
diff --git a/src/audio/audiostream.cpp b/src/audio/audiostream.cpp
index 606016ee..be0b9b3d 100644
--- a/src/audio/audiostream.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/audiostream.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ float AudioStream::playingOffset()
 
 void AudioStream::updateVolume()
 {
-	float vol = GLOBAL_VOLUME;
+	float vol = 1.0f;
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < VolumeTypeCount; ++i)
 		vol *= volumes[i];
diff --git a/src/audio/soundemitter.cpp b/src/audio/soundemitter.cpp
index 203576a3..f1452cf6 100644
--- a/src/audio/soundemitter.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/soundemitter.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void SoundEmitter::play(const std::string &filename,
 	if (switchBuffer)
 		AL::Source::attachBuffer(src, buffer->alBuffer);
 
-	AL::Source::setVolume(src, _volume * GLOBAL_VOLUME, AL::Source::Linear);
+	AL::Source::setVolume(src, _volume, AL::Source::Linear);
 	AL::Source::setPitch(src, _pitch);
 
 	AL::Source::play(src);