diff --git a/crates/mix/src/lib.rs b/crates/mix/src/lib.rs
index 355c237..ee40bda 100644
--- a/crates/mix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/mix/src/lib.rs
@@ -2722,11 +2722,10 @@ mod tests {
         let mut eng = MixEngine::new(48_000.0, 512);
         eng.set_external_instances(true);
         let sets = Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let make = |db: f32| {
+        let make = |blob: &[u8]| {
             let mut gain = soundcraft_dsp::create("gain").unwrap();
             gain.prepare(48_000.0, 512, 1);
-            gain.set_param("gain", db);
-            Box::new(Stateful { inner: gain, sets: Arc::clone(&sets) })
+            Box::new(Stateful { inner: gain, blob: blob.to_vec(), sets: Arc::clone(&sets) })
         };
         eng.adopt(vec![PreparedInstance { track: t, slot: 0, id: "clap:test.fake".into(), ch: 1, plugin: make(b"old") }]);
         render_block(&mut eng, &s, 0);
diff --git a/crates/vst3-host/src/ffi.rs b/crates/vst3-host/src/ffi.rs
index 007b425..ca10647 100644
--- a/crates/vst3-host/src/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/vst3-host/src/ffi.rs
@@ -1587,48 +1587,6 @@ fn rect_size(r: &sb::ViewRect) -> (f64, f64) {
     (f64::from(w), f64::from(h))
 }
 
-/// Normalized values the host set (automation, the session) that the edit controller hasn't been
-/// told yet, one slot per parameter. The audio thread fills a slot without locking or allocating;
-/// [`EditorLink::save_state`] sends what is waiting before it reads the controller's state, so
-/// values the controller keeps in its own state are saved as set.
-pub(crate) struct ControllerPending {
-    ids: Vec<u32>,
-    slots: Vec<AtomicU64>,
-}
-
-/// An empty slot: a NaN bit pattern, which `set` never stores.
-const NO_VALUE: u64 = u64::MAX;
-
-impl ControllerPending {
-    pub fn new(ids: &[u32]) -> ControllerPending {
-        ControllerPending { ids: ids.to_vec(), slots: ids.iter().map(|_| AtomicU64::new(NO_VALUE)).collect() }
-    }
-
-    /// Notes the value of parameter `i` (index into the plugin's parameter list).
-    pub fn set(&self, i: usize, n: f64) {
-        if let Some(s) = self.slots.get(i)
-            && n.is_finite()
-        {
-            s.store(n.clamp(0.0, 1.0).to_bits(), Ordering::Release);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Forgets every waiting value (a loaded state replaces them).
-    pub fn clear(&self) {
-        for s in &self.slots {
-            s.store(NO_VALUE, Ordering::Release);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Takes the waiting values as `(ParamID, normalized)`.
-    fn take(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (u32, f64)> + '_ {
-        self.ids.iter().zip(&self.slots).filter_map(|(&id, s)| {
-            let b = s.swap(NO_VALUE, Ordering::AcqRel);
-            (b != NO_VALUE).then(|| (id, f64::from_bits(b)))
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct EditorInner {
     /// `None` once the instance is gone.
@@ -1638,8 +1596,6 @@ struct EditorInner {
     view: Option<ComPtr<sb::IPlugView>>,
     frame: Option<ComWrapper<PlugFrame>>,
     window: Option<window::HostWindow>,
-    /// Host-set values for the controller, sent before its state is read.
-    pending: Option<Arc<ControllerPending>>,
 }
 
 /// The link between an instance and its editor and state handles. The instance may process on
@@ -1767,13 +1723,6 @@ impl EditorLink {
     pub fn save_state(&self) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
         let g = self.lock();
         let component = g.component.as_ref()?;
-        if let (Some(c), Some(p)) = (&g.controller, &g.pending) {
-            for (id, n) in p.take() {
-                // SAFETY: valid controller (cleared under this lock before the instance
-                // terminates); UI thread, as `getState` below.
-                unsafe { c.setParamNormalized(id, n) };
-            }
-        }
         // SAFETY: valid component (the instance clears it under this lock before it terminates);
         // the stream lives in `read_state` for the whole call.
         let comp = Instance::read_state(|s| unsafe { component.getState(s) })?;
@@ -1791,11 +1740,6 @@ impl EditorLink {
         Some(out)
     }
 
-    /// Shares the instance's table of host-set values with the state reader.
-    pub fn set_controller_pending(&self, p: Arc<ControllerPending>) {
-        self.lock().pending = Some(p);
-    }
-
     /// Closes the editor. Main thread only (no-op elsewhere).
     pub fn close(&self) {
         if window::on_main_thread() {
diff --git a/crates/vst3-host/src/plugin.rs b/crates/vst3-host/src/plugin.rs
index 5cf9018..2975465 100644
--- a/crates/vst3-host/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/vst3-host/src/plugin.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ impl Vst3Plugin {
             })
             .collect();
         p.values = values;
-        p.inst.state_link().set_controller_pending(Arc::clone(&p.controller_pending));
         p
     }
 
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ impl Plugin for Vst3Plugin {
         } else if self.pending.len() < self.pending.capacity() {
             self.pending.push((vid, n));
         }
-        self.controller_pending.set(i, n);
         true
     }