1diff --git a/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py b/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
2index 84a79f5..8abcae1 100644
3--- a/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
4+++ b/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
5@@ -143,12 +143,7 @@ class EspeakWrapper:
6 f'is not a readable file')
7 return library.resolve()
8
9- library = (
10- ctypes.util.find_library('espeak-ng') or
11- ctypes.util.find_library('espeak'))
12- if not library: # pragma: nocover
13- raise RuntimeError(
14- 'failed to find espeak library')
15+ library = '@libespeak@'
16 return library
17
18 def _fetch_version_and_path(self):