diff --git a/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c b/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
index 71e5dbb91c..38470a00e4 100644
--- a/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
+++ b/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
@@ -225,11 +225,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw-int, "
         "width = (int) 16, "
         "depth = (int) 16, "
-#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-        "endianness = (int) 1234, "
-#else
-        "endianness = (int) 4321, "
-#endif
+        "endianness = (int) " G_STRINGIFY (G_BYTE_ORDER) ", "
         "signed = (bool) true, "
         "rate = (int) 8000, "
         "channels = (int) 1")
diff --git a/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c b/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
index f90978a20a..d1096c8777 100644
--- a/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
+++ b/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw-int, "
         "width = (int) 16, "
         "depth = (int) 16, "
-        "endianness = (int) 1234, "
+        "endianness = (int) " G_STRINGIFY (G_BYTE_ORDER) ", "
         "signed = (boolean) true, "
         "rate = (int) [0, MAX], "
         "channels = (int) 1")
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ gst_rtp_dtmf_depay_setcaps (GstBaseRTPDepayload * filter, GstCaps * caps)
   srccaps = gst_caps_new_simple ("audio/x-raw-int",
       "width", G_TYPE_INT, 16,
       "depth", G_TYPE_INT, 16,
-      "endianness", G_TYPE_INT, 1234,
+      "endianness", G_TYPE_INT, G_BYTE_ORDER,
       "signed", G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, TRUE,
       "channels", G_TYPE_INT, 1,
       "rate", G_TYPE_INT, clock_rate, NULL);