diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index fc457fc..5650132 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 const os = require('os')
 const debug = require('debug')('speaker')
 const binding = require('bindings')('binding')
-const Writable = require('readable-stream/writable')
+const { Writable } = require('stream')
 
 // determine the native host endianness, the only supported playback endianness
 const endianness = os.endianness()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1af7f4..0407c12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bindings": "^1.3.0",
     "buffer-alloc": "^1.1.0",
-    "debug": "^4.0.0",
-    "readable-stream": "^2.3.3"
+    "debug": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^12.12.14",