diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 8eb6f81d7..e15177541 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         '!js/register.js'
       ],
       res: [
-        'audio/**',
         'images/**/*',
         'fonts/*',
       ]
diff --git a/audio/NewMessage.mp3 b/audio/NewMessage.mp3
deleted file mode 100644
index 93beaf7a3..000000000
Binary files a/audio/NewMessage.mp3 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/js/notifications.js b/js/notifications.js
index 5a6f30e27..fb3c76f6a 100644
--- a/js/notifications.js
+++ b/js/notifications.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     };
 
     let isEnabled = false;
-    var sound = new Audio('audio/NewMessage.mp3');
 
     Whisper.Notifications = new (Backbone.Collection.extend({
         initialize: function() {
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@
                 return;
             }
 
-            var audioNotification = storage.get('audio-notification') || false;
-            if (audioNotification) {
-                sound.play();
-            }
-
             var setting = storage.get('notification-setting') || 'message';
             if (setting === SETTINGS.OFF) {
                 return;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e425bf91d..cb307fb05 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@
       "app/*",
       "preload.js",
       "main.js",
-      "audio/**",
       "images/**",
       "fonts/*",
       "build/assets",