diff --git a/.zsh/functions/precmd_maybe_festival b/.zsh/functions/precmd_maybe_festival
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f8baa3..0000000
--- a/.zsh/functions/precmd_maybe_festival
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-cmdstatus=$?
-
-if [ -n "$__COMMAND_EXECUTING" -a $__COMMAND_EXECUTING -gt 0 \
-        -a -n "$__COMMAND_EXEC_TIME" ]; then
-    __COMMAND_EXECUTING=0
-    duration=$(expr $(date +%s) - $__COMMAND_EXEC_TIME)
-
-    if [ $duration -gt 30 ]; then
-        if [ $cmdstatus -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "done" | festival --tts
-        else
-            echo "failed" | festival --tts
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index bc94c2e..c78087a 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ typeset -ga chpwd_functions
 add-zsh-hook preexec preexec_update_vars
 add-zsh-hook precmd precmd_update_git_vars
 add-zsh-hook precmd precmd_update_updates
-add-zsh-hook precmd precmd_maybe_festival
 add-zsh-hook precmd vcs_info
 add-zsh-hook chpwd chpwd_update_git_vars