diff --git a/src/transformers/pipelines/audio_classification.py b/src/transformers/pipelines/audio_classification.py
index b3a3c7f948a089..ee6b09e06b36e6 100644
--- a/src/transformers/pipelines/audio_classification.py
+++ b/src/transformers/pipelines/audio_classification.py
@@ -12,23 +12,16 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import subprocess
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
+from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from ..feature_extraction_utils import PreTrainedFeatureExtractor
 from ..file_utils import add_end_docstrings, is_torch_available
 from ..utils import logging
 from .base import PIPELINE_INIT_ARGS, Pipeline
 
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from ..modeling_tf_utils import TFPreTrainedModel
-    from ..modeling_utils import PreTrainedModel
-
 if is_torch_available():
-    import torch
-
     from ..models.auto.modeling_auto import MODEL_FOR_AUDIO_CLASSIFICATION_MAPPING
 
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
@@ -84,14 +77,10 @@ class AudioClassificationPipeline(Pipeline):
     <https://huggingface.co/models?filter=audio-classification>`__.
     """
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        model: Union["PreTrainedModel", "TFPreTrainedModel"],
-        feature_extractor: PreTrainedFeatureExtractor,
-        framework: Optional[str] = None,
-        **kwargs
-    ):
-        super().__init__(model, feature_extractor=feature_extractor, framework=framework, **kwargs)
+    top_k = 5
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
         if self.framework != "pt":
             raise ValueError(f"The {self.__class__} is only available in PyTorch.")
@@ -101,7 +90,6 @@ def __init__(
     def __call__(
         self,
         inputs: Union[np.ndarray, bytes, str],
-        top_k: Optional[int] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -126,6 +114,16 @@ def __call__(
             - **label** (:obj:`str`) -- The label predicted.
             - **score** (:obj:`float`) -- The corresponding probability.
         """
+        return super().__call__(inputs, **kwargs)
+
+    def set_parameters(self, top_k=None, **kwargs):
+        # No parameters on this pipeline right now
+        if top_k is not None:
+            self.top_k = top_k
+        if self.top_k > self.model.config.num_labels:
+            self.top_k = self.model.config.num_labels
+
+    def preprocess(self, inputs):
         if isinstance(inputs, str):
             with open(inputs, "rb") as f:
                 inputs = f.read()
@@ -136,24 +134,23 @@ def __call__(
         if not isinstance(inputs, np.ndarray):
             raise ValueError("We expect a numpy ndarray as input")
         if len(inputs.shape) != 1:
-            raise ValueError("We expect a single channel audio input for AudioClassificationPipeline")
-
-        if top_k is None or top_k > self.model.config.num_labels:
-            top_k = self.model.config.num_labels
+            raise ValueError("We expect a single channel audio input for AutomaticSpeechRecognitionPipeline")
 
         processed = self.feature_extractor(
             inputs, sampling_rate=self.feature_extractor.sampling_rate, return_tensors="pt"
         )
-        processed = self.ensure_tensor_on_device(**processed)
+        return processed
 
-        with torch.no_grad():
-            outputs = self.model(**processed)
+    def forward(self, model_inputs):
+        model_outputs = self.model(**model_inputs)
+        return model_outputs
 
-            probs = outputs.logits[0].softmax(-1)
-            scores, ids = probs.topk(top_k)
+    def postprocess(self, model_outputs):
+        probs = model_outputs.logits[0].softmax(-1)
+        scores, ids = probs.topk(self.top_k)
 
-            scores = scores.tolist()
-            ids = ids.tolist()
+        scores = scores.tolist()
+        ids = ids.tolist()
 
         labels = [{"score": score, "label": self.model.config.id2label[_id]} for score, _id in zip(scores, ids)]