diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
index aae690c4955c..954c67020463 100755
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ installRequirements
 
 # https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools/issues/101
 # incompatible protobuf versions.
-PYDIR=python3.10
-pyenv="${MY_DIR}/venv/lib/${PYDIR}/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/"
+# PYDIR=python3.10
+# pyenv="${MY_DIR}/venv/lib/${PYDIR}/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/"
 
-if [ ! -d ${pyenv} ]; then
-    echo "(parler-tts/install.sh): Error: ${pyenv} does not exist"
-    exit 1
-fi
+# if [ ! -d ${pyenv} ]; then
+#     echo "(parler-tts/install.sh): Error: ${pyenv} does not exist"
+#     exit 1
+# fi
 
-curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/main/python/google/protobuf/internal/builder.py -o ${pyenv}/builder.py
+# curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/main/python/google/protobuf/internal/builder.py -o ${pyenv}/builder.py
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
index 09811bf4dcdf..df0b8a9eae81 100644
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 git+https://github.com/huggingface/parler-tts.git@8e465f1b5fcd223478e07175cb40494d19ffbe17
 llvmlite==0.43.0
 numba==0.60.0
+git+https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools
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