diff --git a/src/main/common/auto_notch.c b/src/main/common/auto_notch.c
index 1fcd169259..7fea4ef205 100644
--- a/src/main/common/auto_notch.c
+++ b/src/main/common/auto_notch.c
@@ -43,18 +43,17 @@ void initAutoNotch(autoNotch_t *autoNotch, float initial_frequency, int q, int n
 
     autoNotch->preVariance = 0.0;
     pt1FilterInit(&autoNotch->preVarianceFilter, pt1FilterGain(10.0, looptimeUs * 1e-6f));
-    biquadFilterInit(&autoNotch->preVarianceBandpass, initial_frequency, looptimeUs, q, FILTER_BPF, 1.0f);
 
     biquadFilterInit(&autoNotch->notchFilter, initial_frequency, looptimeUs, q, FILTER_NOTCH, 1.0f);
 }
 
 FAST_CODE float applyAutoNotch(autoNotch_t *autoNotch, float input) {
-    float preNotchNoise = biquadFilterApplyDF1(&autoNotch->preVarianceBandpass, input);
+    float notchFilteredNoise = biquadFilterApplyDF1(&autoNotch->notchFilter, input);
+
+    float preNotchNoise = input - notchFilteredNoise;
     // variance is approximately the noise squared and averaged
     autoNotch->preVariance = pt1FilterApply(&autoNotch->preVarianceFilter, preNotchNoise * preNotchNoise);
 
-    float notchFilteredNoise = biquadFilterApplyDF1(&autoNotch->notchFilter, input);
-
     return autoNotch->weight * notchFilteredNoise + autoNotch->invWeight * input;
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ FAST_CODE void updateWeight(autoNotch_t *autoNotch, float frequency, float weigh
     arm_sqrt_f32(autoNotch->preVariance, &deviation);
     // 1 / 360
     // higher freq have less delay when filtering anyhow and make more dterm noise
-    float frequencyAccounter = 1.0f + frequency * 0.002777777777f;
+    float frequencyAccounter = 1.0f + frequency * 0.002777777777f; // the 0.0027 is 1/360
     float weight = deviation * frequencyAccounter * autoNotch->noiseLimitInv;
 
     autoNotch->weight = MIN(weight * weightMultiplier, 1.0);
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ FAST_CODE void updateWeight(autoNotch_t *autoNotch, float frequency, float weigh
 }
 
 FAST_CODE void updateAutoNotch(autoNotch_t *autoNotch, float frequency, float q, float weightMultiplier, float looptimeUs) {
-    biquadFilterInit(&autoNotch->preVarianceBandpass, frequency, looptimeUs, q, FILTER_BPF, 1.0f);
     biquadFilterUpdate(&autoNotch->notchFilter, frequency, looptimeUs, q, FILTER_NOTCH, 1.0f);
 
     updateWeight(autoNotch, frequency, weightMultiplier);
diff --git a/src/main/common/auto_notch.h b/src/main/common/auto_notch.h
index cb2df3018f..936698554d 100644
--- a/src/main/common/auto_notch.h
+++ b/src/main/common/auto_notch.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 typedef struct autoNotch_s {
     float preVariance;
     pt1Filter_t preVarianceFilter; // used as an exponential average, setup k to act like exponential average
-    biquadFilter_t preVarianceBandpass;
 
     float noiseLimitInv; // default of 50 allows 70 amplitude noise to be totally notched
     float weight;
diff --git a/src/main/flight/rpm_filter.c b/src/main/flight/rpm_filter.c
index 309f0fb614..32f1f9db3c 100644
--- a/src/main/flight/rpm_filter.c
+++ b/src/main/flight/rpm_filter.c
@@ -210,11 +210,6 @@ FAST_CODE_NOINLINE void rpmFilterUpdate(void)
             clone->notchFilter.a1 = template->notchFilter.a1;
             clone->notchFilter.a2 = template->notchFilter.a2;
 
-            clone->preVarianceBandpass.b0 = template->preVarianceBandpass.b0;
-            //clone->preVarianceBandpass.b1 = template->preVarianceBandpass.b1; // always 0
-            clone->preVarianceBandpass.b2 = template->preVarianceBandpass.b2;
-            clone->preVarianceBandpass.b0 = template->preVarianceBandpass.a1;
-            clone->preVarianceBandpass.b2 = template->preVarianceBandpass.a2;
             updateWeight(clone, frequency, weight);
             }