diff --git a/src/mavlinktelemetry.cpp b/src/mavlinktelemetry.cpp
index 44d91a908..f7c921161 100644
--- a/src/mavlinktelemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/mavlinktelemetry.cpp
@@ -33,17 +33,7 @@ void MavlinkTelemetry::init() {
 #endif
 
 #if defined(ENABLE_SPEECH)
-
     m_speech = new QTextToSpeech(this);
-
-    auto m_voices = m_speech->availableVoices();
-        QVoice currentVoice = m_speech->voice();
-        foreach (const QVoice &voice, m_voices) {
-        if (voice.name() == "Nicky") {
-             m_speech->setVoice(voice);
-             break;
-        }
-    }
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/openhdrc.cpp b/src/openhdrc.cpp
index 0c7a806af..120099ad9 100755
--- a/src/openhdrc.cpp
+++ b/src/openhdrc.cpp
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ OpenHDRC::OpenHDRC(QObject *parent): QObject(parent) {
 
 #if defined(ENABLE_SPEECH)
     m_speech = new QTextToSpeech(this);
-
-    auto m_voices = m_speech->availableVoices();
-        QVoice currentVoice = m_speech->voice();
-        foreach (const QVoice &voice, m_voices) {
-        if (voice.name() == "Nicky") {
-             m_speech->setVoice(voice);
-             break;
-        }
-    }
 #endif
 
     initRC();