diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/gstadder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/gstadder.c
index e76595fb1c..1c8051e59c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/gstadder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/gstadder.c
@@ -164,15 +164,11 @@ enum
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 
-#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define CAPS \
-  GST_AUDIO_CAPS_MAKE ("{ S32LE, U32LE, S16LE, U16LE, S8, U8, F32LE, F64LE }") \
+  GST_AUDIO_CAPS_MAKE ("{ " GST_AUDIO_NE (S32) ", " GST_AUDIO_NE (U32) ", " \
+  GST_AUDIO_NE (S16) ", " GST_AUDIO_NE (U16) ", S8, U8, " \
+  GST_AUDIO_NE (F32) ", " GST_AUDIO_NE (F64) " }") \
   ", layout = (string) { interleaved }"
-#else
-#define CAPS \
-  GST_AUDIO_CAPS_MAKE ("{ S32BE, U32BE, S16BE, U16BE, S8, U8, F32BE, F64BE }") \
-  ", layout = (string) { interleaved }"
-#endif
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_adder_src_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/elements/adder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/elements/adder.c
index e4140bd9dc..7773dbef15 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/elements/adder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/elements/adder.c
@@ -789,11 +789,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_clip)
   gst_pad_send_event (sinkpad, gst_event_new_stream_start ("test"));
 
   caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("audio/x-raw",
-#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
-      "format", G_TYPE_STRING, "S16BE",
-#else
-      "format", G_TYPE_STRING, "S16LE",
-#endif
+      "format", G_TYPE_STRING, GST_AUDIO_NE (S16),
       "layout", G_TYPE_STRING, "interleaved",
       "rate", G_TYPE_INT, 44100, "channels", G_TYPE_INT, 2, NULL);