diff --git a/lerobot/common/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py b/lerobot/common/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
index c21a120f..77afa91b 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
@@ -1066,11 +1066,9 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
             shutil.rmtree(self.root / "images")
 
         # delete raw audio files
-        raw_audio_files = list(self.root.rglob("*.wav"))
-        for raw_audio_file in raw_audio_files:
-            raw_audio_file.unlink()
-            if len(list(raw_audio_file.parent.iterdir())) == 0:
-                raw_audio_file.parent.rmdir()
+        img_dir = self.root / "raw_audio"
+        if img_dir.is_dir():
+            shutil.rmtree(self.root / "raw_audio")
 
         if not episode_data:  # Reset the buffer
             self.episode_buffer = self.create_episode_buffer()
diff --git a/lerobot/common/datasets/utils.py b/lerobot/common/datasets/utils.py
index 7ac46013..5318cce6 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/datasets/utils.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/datasets/utils.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ TASKS_PATH = "meta/tasks.jsonl"
 DEFAULT_VIDEO_PATH = "videos/chunk-{episode_chunk:03d}/{video_key}/episode_{episode_index:06d}.mp4"
 DEFAULT_PARQUET_PATH = "data/chunk-{episode_chunk:03d}/episode_{episode_index:06d}.parquet"
 DEFAULT_IMAGE_PATH = "images/{image_key}/episode_{episode_index:06d}/frame_{frame_index:06d}.png"
-DEFAULT_RAW_AUDIO_PATH = "audio/{audio_key}/episode_{episode_index:06d}.wav"
+DEFAULT_RAW_AUDIO_PATH = "raw_audio/{audio_key}/episode_{episode_index:06d}.wav"
 DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_AUDIO_PATH = "audio/chunk-{episode_chunk:03d}/{audio_key}/episode_{episode_index:06d}.m4a"
 
 DEFAULT_AUDIO_CHUNK_DURATION = 0.5  # seconds