diff --git a/mycroft-base-MANIFEST.in b/mycroft-base-MANIFEST.in
index 8cb2c2fdc9..c4e4ed584f 100644
--- a/mycroft-base-MANIFEST.in
+++ b/mycroft-base-MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ include mycroft/configuration/*.ini
 recursive-include mycroft/skills/*/dialog *
 recursive-include mycroft/skills/*/vocab *
 include mycroft/skills/alarm/alarm.mp3
-include mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox
+#include mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox
diff --git a/mycroft/configuration/mycroft.ini b/mycroft/configuration/mycroft.ini
index f38176f519..a1fb7cbbca 100644
--- a/mycroft/configuration/mycroft.ini
+++ b/mycroft/configuration/mycroft.ini
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ session_ttl_seconds = 180
 
 [tts]
 module = "mimic"
-mimic.voice = "mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox"
+mimic.voice = "ap"
 espeak.lang = "english-us"
 espeak.voice = "m1"
 
diff --git a/mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox b/mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b591528d2..0000000000
Binary files a/mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/publish-core/publish.sh b/publish-core/publish.sh
index d545c2d9b5..a5343aeb8f 100755
--- a/publish-core/publish.sh
+++ b/publish-core/publish.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cat > ${DEB_DIR}/etc/mycroft/mycroft.ini << EOM
 [tts]
 module = "mimic"
 mimic.path = "/usr/local/bin/mimic"
-mimic.voice = "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Mycroft-${VERSION}-py2.7.egg/mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox"
+mimic.voice = "ap"
 
 [metrics_client]
 enabled = True
diff --git a/publish/publish.sh b/publish/publish.sh
index 2634f56b69..1455c330ee 100755
--- a/publish/publish.sh
+++ b/publish/publish.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ cat > ${DEB_DIR}/etc/mycroft/mycroft.ini << EOM
 [tts]
 module = "mimic"
 mimic.path = "/opt/mycroft/bin/mimic"
-mimic.voice = "/opt/mycroft/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Mycroft-${VERSION}-py2.7.egg/mycroft/tts/mycroft_voice_4.0.flitevox"
+mimic.voice = "ap"
 [metrics_client]
 enabled = True