diff --git a/services/genie.nix b/services/genie.nix
index 297e81e..a1d3439 100644
--- a/services/genie.nix
+++ b/services/genie.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 let
   dataDir = "/var/lib/genie-server";
-  pulseRunDir = "/run/pulse";
   port = 3232;
   ociBackend = config.virtualisation.oci-containers.backend;
 in {
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ in {
     before = [ "${ociBackend}-genie.service" ];
     wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     script = ''
-      mkdir -p ${dataDir} ${pulseRunDir}
+      mkdir -p ${dataDir}
     '';
   };
 
@@ -20,12 +19,7 @@ in {
     genie = {
       image = "stanfordoval/almond-server";
       ports = [ "${toString port}:3000" ];
-      environment.PULSE_SERVER = "unix:/run/pulse/native";
-      volumes = [
-        "/dev/shm:/dev/shm"
-        "${pulseRunDir}:/run/pulse"
-        "${dataDir}:/var/lib/genie-server"
-      ];
+      volumes = [ "/dev/shm:/dev/shm" "${dataDir}:/var/lib/genie-server" ];
     };
   };
 }