diff --git a/cerevoice_tts/CMakeLists.txt b/cerevoice_tts/CMakeLists.txt
index 4989191..0b4dcd8 100644
--- a/cerevoice_tts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cerevoice_tts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
 
 ## System dependencies are found with CMake's conventions
 # find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)
-find_package(ALSA REQUIRED)
 
 ###################################
 ## catkin specific configuration ##
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ catkin_package(
  INCLUDE_DIRS include
 #  LIBRARIES cerevoice_tts
  CATKIN_DEPENDS actionlib cerevoice_tts_msgs roscpp cerevoice_sdk
- DEPENDS ALSA
 )
 
 ###########
diff --git a/cerevoice_tts/package.xml b/cerevoice_tts/package.xml
index c76284a..ddb6cd9 100644
--- a/cerevoice_tts/package.xml
+++ b/cerevoice_tts/package.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
   <author >Benjamin Reiner</author>
   
-  <!-- TODO: add somewhere the dependency to alsa -->
-  
   <test_depend>gtest</test_depend>
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <build_depend>actionlib</build_depend>
@@ -25,13 +23,4 @@
   <run_depend>roscpp</run_depend>
   <run_depend>cerevoice_sdk</run_depend>
 
-
-  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
-  <export>
-    <!-- You can specify that this package is a metapackage here: -->
-    <!-- <metapackage/> -->
-
-    <!-- Other tools can request additional information be placed here -->
-
-  </export>
 </package>