diff --git a/cava.c b/cava.c
index d0e7643..65fc74a 100644
--- a/cava.c
+++ b/cava.c
@@ -505,13 +505,10 @@ as of 0.4.0 all options are specified in config file, see in '/home/username/.co
             audio.rate = 44100;
             break;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef SHMEM
         case INPUT_SHMEM:
             thr_id = pthread_create(&p_thread, NULL, input_shmem, (void *)&audio);
             // audio.rate = 44100;
             break;
-#endif
 #ifdef PORTAUDIO
         case INPUT_PORTAUDIO:
             thr_id = pthread_create(&p_thread, NULL, input_portaudio, (void *)&audio);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 2f7d7b4..4c846a2 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const char *input_method_names[] = {
 };
 
 const bool has_input_method[] = {
-    true, /** Always have at least FIFO input. */
-    HAS_PORTAUDIO, HAS_ALSA, HAS_PULSE, HAS_SNDIO, HAS_SHMEM,
+    true, /** Always have at least FIFO and shmem input. */
+    HAS_PORTAUDIO, HAS_ALSA, HAS_PULSE, HAS_SNDIO, true,
 };
 
 enum input_method input_method_by_name(const char *str) {
@@ -500,12 +500,10 @@ bool load_config(char configPath[PATH_MAX], struct config_params *p, bool colors
         p->audio_source = strdup(iniparser_getstring(ini, "input:source", SIO_DEVANY));
         break;
 #endif
-#ifdef SHMEM
     case INPUT_SHMEM:
         p->audio_source =
             strdup(iniparser_getstring(ini, "input:source", "/squeezelite-00:00:00:00:00:00"));
         break;
-#endif
 #ifdef PORTAUDIO
     case INPUT_PORTAUDIO:
         p->audio_source = strdup(iniparser_getstring(ini, "input:source", "auto"));
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 1944a2e..b037026 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
 #define HAS_SNDIO false
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SHMEM
-#define HAS_SHMEM true
-#else
-#define HAS_SHMEM false
-#endif
-
 // These are in order of least-favourable to most-favourable choices, in case
 // multiple are supported and configured.
 enum input_method {