diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Audio/DrumSampleMapping.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Audio/DrumSampleMapping.cs
index aaf113f216..c31b07344d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Audio/DrumSampleMapping.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Audio/DrumSampleMapping.cs
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Audio
                 var centre = s.GetSampleInfo();
                 var rim = s.GetSampleInfo(HitSampleInfo.HIT_CLAP);
 
-                // todo: this is ugly
-                centre.Namespace = "taiko";
-                rim.Namespace = "taiko";
-
                 mappings[s.Time] = new DrumSample
                 {
                     Centre = addSound(centre),
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableTaikoHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableTaikoHitObject.cs
index 2da5a9c403..b9d31ff906 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableTaikoHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableTaikoHitObject.cs
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
         // Normal and clap samples are handled by the drum
         protected override IEnumerable<HitSampleInfo> GetSamples() => HitObject.Samples.Where(s => s.Name != HitSampleInfo.HIT_NORMAL && s.Name != HitSampleInfo.HIT_CLAP);
 
-        protected override string SampleNamespace => "taiko";
-
         protected virtual TaikoPiece CreateMainPiece() => new CirclePiece();
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/TaikoLegacySkinTransformer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/TaikoLegacySkinTransformer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..381cd14cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/TaikoLegacySkinTransformer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
+using osu.Game.Audio;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning
+{
+    public class TaikoLegacySkinTransformer : ISkin
+    {
+        private readonly ISkinSource source;
+
+        public TaikoLegacySkinTransformer(ISkinSource source)
+        {
+            this.source = source;
+        }
+
+        public Drawable GetDrawableComponent(ISkinComponent component) => source.GetDrawableComponent(component);
+
+        public Texture GetTexture(string componentName) => source.GetTexture(componentName);
+
+        public SampleChannel GetSample(ISampleInfo sampleInfo) => source.GetSample(new LegacyTaikoSampleInfo(sampleInfo));
+
+        public IBindable<TValue> GetConfig<TLookup, TValue>(TLookup lookup) => source.GetConfig<TLookup, TValue>(lookup);
+
+        private class LegacyTaikoSampleInfo : ISampleInfo
+        {
+            private readonly ISampleInfo source;
+
+            public LegacyTaikoSampleInfo(ISampleInfo source)
+            {
+                this.source = source;
+            }
+
+            public IEnumerable<string> LookupNames
+            {
+                get
+                {
+                    foreach (var name in source.LookupNames)
+                        yield return $"taiko-{name}";
+
+                    foreach (var name in source.LookupNames)
+                        yield return name;
+                }
+            }
+
+            public int Volume => source.Volume;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
index 777b68a993..536cbdc562 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using System;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko
 {
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko
 
         public override IBeatmapConverter CreateBeatmapConverter(IBeatmap beatmap) => new TaikoBeatmapConverter(beatmap, this);
 
+        public override ISkin CreateLegacySkinProvider(ISkinSource source) => new TaikoLegacySkinTransformer(source);
+
         public const string SHORT_NAME = "taiko";
 
         public override IEnumerable<KeyBinding> GetDefaultKeyBindings(int variant = 0) => new[]
diff --git a/osu.Game/Audio/HitSampleInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Audio/HitSampleInfo.cs
index 23a74d3fa6..f6b0107bd2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Audio/HitSampleInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Audio/HitSampleInfo.cs
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Audio
         public const string HIT_NORMAL = @"hitnormal";
         public const string HIT_CLAP = @"hitclap";
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// An optional ruleset namespace.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Namespace;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The bank to load the sample from.
         /// </summary>
@@ -49,15 +44,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Audio
         {
             get
             {
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Namespace))
-                {
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Suffix))
-                        yield return $"{Namespace}/{Bank}-{Name}{Suffix}";
-
-                    yield return $"{Namespace}/{Bank}-{Name}";
-                }
-
-                // check non-namespace as a fallback even when we have a namespace
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Suffix))
                     yield return $"{Bank}-{Name}{Suffix}";
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index a959fee9be..4ac30fe7fb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         /// </summary>
         public readonly Bindable<Color4> AccentColour = new Bindable<Color4>(Color4.Gray);
 
-        // Todo: Rulesets should be overriding the resources instead, but we need to figure out where/when to apply overrides first
-        protected virtual string SampleNamespace => null;
-
         protected SkinnableSound Samples { get; private set; }
 
         protected virtual IEnumerable<HitSampleInfo> GetSamples() => HitObject.Samples;
@@ -154,11 +151,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
                                                     + $" This is an indication that {nameof(HitObject.ApplyDefaults)} has not been invoked on {this}.");
             }
 
-            samples = samples.Select(s => HitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(s)).ToArray();
-            foreach (var s in samples)
-                s.Namespace = SampleNamespace;
-
-            AddInternal(Samples = new SkinnableSound(samples));
+            AddInternal(Samples = new SkinnableSound(samples.Select(s => HitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(s))));
         }
 
         private void onDefaultsApplied() => apply(HitObject);