diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
index d59faa0c6..0b8372cfc 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ for file in $(find "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service -print0 | xargs
     fi
 done
 
-# Remove pulseaudio server to force using HA one
-echo "... remove embedded pulseaudio"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2013
-for file in $(grep -srl "pulseaudio --start" "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts); do
-    sed -i "/pulseaudio --start/d" "$file"
-done
-
 # Send services log to container logs
 echo "... send services log to container logs"
 for file in $(find "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service -print0 | xargs -0 basename -a) livestream.service chart_viewer.service chart_viewer.service spectrogram_viewer.service; do