diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
index 19247507..84a7fa2b 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
@@ -193,11 +193,10 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new streaming inference state.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal</param>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when the native binary failed to initialize the streaming mode.</exception>
-        public unsafe void CreateStream(uint aSampleRate)
+        public unsafe void CreateStream()
         {
-            var resultCode = NativeImp.DS_CreateStream(_modelStatePP, aSampleRate, ref _streamingStatePP);
+            var resultCode = NativeImp.DS_CreateStream(_modelStatePP, ref _streamingStatePP);
             EvaluateResultCode(resultCode);
         }
 
@@ -232,11 +231,10 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="aBuffer">A 16-bit, mono raw audio signal at the appropriate sample rate.</param>
         /// <param name="aBufferSize">The number of samples in the audio signal.</param>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal.</param>
         /// <returns>The STT result. The user is responsible for freeing the string.  Returns NULL on error.</returns>
-        public unsafe string SpeechToText(short[] aBuffer, uint aBufferSize, uint aSampleRate)
+        public unsafe string SpeechToText(short[] aBuffer, uint aBufferSize)
         {
-            return NativeImp.DS_SpeechToText(_modelStatePP, aBuffer, aBufferSize, aSampleRate).PtrToString();
+            return NativeImp.DS_SpeechToText(_modelStatePP, aBuffer, aBufferSize).PtrToString();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -244,11 +242,10 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="aBuffer">A 16-bit, mono raw audio signal at the appropriate sample rate.</param>
         /// <param name="aBufferSize">The number of samples in the audio signal.</param>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal.</param>
         /// <returns>The extended metadata. The user is responsible for freeing the struct.  Returns NULL on error.</returns>
-        public unsafe Models.Metadata SpeechToTextWithMetadata(short[] aBuffer, uint aBufferSize, uint aSampleRate)
+        public unsafe Models.Metadata SpeechToTextWithMetadata(short[] aBuffer, uint aBufferSize)
         {
-            return NativeImp.DS_SpeechToTextWithMetadata(_modelStatePP, aBuffer, aBufferSize, aSampleRate).PtrToMetadata();
+            return NativeImp.DS_SpeechToTextWithMetadata(_modelStatePP, aBuffer, aBufferSize).PtrToMetadata();
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
index 04ad086c..da18a8ba 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
@@ -42,22 +42,18 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient.Interfaces
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="aBuffer">A 16-bit, mono raw audio signal at the appropriate sample rate.</param>
         /// <param name="aBufferSize">The number of samples in the audio signal.</param>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal.</param>
         /// <returns>The STT result. The user is responsible for freeing the string.  Returns NULL on error.</returns>
         unsafe string SpeechToText(short[] aBuffer,
-                uint aBufferSize,
-                uint aSampleRate);
+                uint aBufferSize);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Use the DeepSpeech model to perform Speech-To-Text.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="aBuffer">A 16-bit, mono raw audio signal at the appropriate sample rate.</param>
         /// <param name="aBufferSize">The number of samples in the audio signal.</param>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal.</param>
         /// <returns>The extended metadata result. The user is responsible for freeing the struct.  Returns NULL on error.</returns>
         unsafe Metadata SpeechToTextWithMetadata(short[] aBuffer,
-                uint aBufferSize,
-                uint aSampleRate);
+                uint aBufferSize);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Destroy a streaming state without decoding the computed logits.
@@ -79,9 +75,8 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient.Interfaces
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new streaming inference state.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="aSampleRate">The sample-rate of the audio signal</param>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when the native binary failed to initialize the streaming mode.</exception>
-        unsafe void CreateStream(uint aSampleRate);
+        unsafe void CreateStream();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Feeds audio samples to an ongoing streaming inference.
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
index 3f126acc..74de9197 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
@@ -31,21 +31,19 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
             CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true)]
         internal static unsafe extern IntPtr DS_SpeechToText(IntPtr** aCtx,
                  short[] aBuffer,
-                uint aBufferSize,
-                uint aSampleRate);
+                uint aBufferSize);
 
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, SetLastError = true)]
         internal static unsafe extern IntPtr DS_SpeechToTextWithMetadata(IntPtr** aCtx,
                  short[] aBuffer,
-                uint aBufferSize,
-                uint aSampleRate);
+                uint aBufferSize);
 
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static unsafe extern void DS_FreeModel(IntPtr** aCtx);
 
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static unsafe extern ErrorCodes DS_CreateStream(IntPtr** aCtx,
-               uint aSampleRate, ref IntPtr** retval);
+               ref IntPtr** retval);
 
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static unsafe extern void DS_FreeStream(ref IntPtr** aSctx);
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechConsole/Program.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechConsole/Program.cs
index 0940e63c..5085fd21 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechConsole/Program.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechConsole/Program.cs
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ namespace CSharpExamples
                         string speechResult;
                         if (extended)
                         {
-                            Metadata metaResult = sttClient.SpeechToTextWithMetadata(waveBuffer.ShortBuffer, Convert.ToUInt32(waveBuffer.MaxSize / 2), 16000);
+                            Metadata metaResult = sttClient.SpeechToTextWithMetadata(waveBuffer.ShortBuffer, Convert.ToUInt32(waveBuffer.MaxSize / 2));
                             speechResult = MetadataToString(metaResult);
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            speechResult = sttClient.SpeechToText(waveBuffer.ShortBuffer, Convert.ToUInt32(waveBuffer.MaxSize / 2), 16000);
+                            speechResult = sttClient.SpeechToText(waveBuffer.ShortBuffer, Convert.ToUInt32(waveBuffer.MaxSize / 2));
                         }
 
                         stopwatch.Stop();