diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-multi-os.yml b/.github/workflows/build-multi-os.yml
index 6721c663..3f9e1454 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-multi-os.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-multi-os.yml
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y avrdude libasound2-dev
           ./AppRun -m pip install --upgrade pip
           ./AppRun -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
-          # hack to fix setup.py script with faulty include
-          ./AppRun -m pip install --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-I$(pwd)/opt/${{steps.vars.outputs.python-minor}}/include/${{steps.vars.outputs.python-minor}}" simpleaudio
           ./AppRun -m pip install -r requirements.build.txt
       - name: Add AppDir subdirectories to PATH
         run: |
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index c6c137ec..dbbe6d61 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ exclude = (?x)(
 follow_imports= silent
 strict= True
 
-[mypy-simpleaudio]
-ignore_missing_imports= True
 [mypy-sliplib]
 ignore_missing_imports= True
 [mypy-fbs_runtime.*]
diff --git a/requirements.build.txt b/requirements.build.txt
index d5a2cf1e..02858177 100644
--- a/requirements.build.txt
+++ b/requirements.build.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Pillow==10
 pyserial==3.5
 sliplib==0.6.2
 bitarray==2.9.2
-simpleaudio==1.0.4
 numpy==1.26.4
 charset-normalizer<3.0.0
 semver==3.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/python/main/ayab/audio.py b/src/main/python/main/ayab/audio.py
index 8b539161..c60d2b34 100644
--- a/src/main/python/main/ayab/audio.py
+++ b/src/main/python/main/ayab/audio.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 from os import path
-
-import simpleaudio as sa
+from PySide6.QtCore import QUrl
+from PySide6.QtMultimedia import QSoundEffect
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class AudioPlayer:
     def __init__(self, gui: GuiMain):
         self.__dir = gui.app_context.get_resource("assets")
         self.__prefs = gui.prefs
-        self.__cache: dict[str, sa.WaveObject] = {}
+        self.__cache: dict[str, QSoundEffect] = {}
 
     def play(self, sound: str) -> None:
         """Play audio."""
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def play(self, sound: str) -> None:
         # else
         wave_obj.play()
 
-    def __wave(self, sound: str) -> sa.WaveObject | None:
+    def __wave(self, sound: str) -> QSoundEffect | None:
         """Get and cache audio."""
         if sound not in self.__cache:
             wave_object = self.__load_wave(sound)
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def __wave(self, sound: str) -> sa.WaveObject | None:
             self.__cache[sound] = wave_object
         return self.__cache[sound]
 
-    def __load_wave(self, sound: str) -> sa.WaveObject | None:
+    def __load_wave(self, sound: str) -> QSoundEffect | None:
         """Get audio from file."""
         filename = path.join(self.__dir, sound + ".wav")
-        return sa.WaveObject.from_wave_file(filename)
+        effect = QSoundEffect()
+        effect.setSource(QUrl.fromLocalFile(filename))
+        return effect