diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 7b578021b..357020235 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@
 -keep class com.htc.** {*;}
 -keep class com.qualcomm.** {*;}
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Keep rules for mozillaspeechlibrary dependency
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
--keep class cz.msebera.android.httpclient.** {*;}
--keep class com.loopj.android.http.** {*;}
--keep class com.github.axet.opusjni.Opus {*;}
-
 -dontwarn **
 -target 1.7
 -dontusemixedcaseclassnames
diff --git a/versions.gradle b/versions.gradle
index 1bd41f7d9..bdca17c87 100644
--- a/versions.gradle
+++ b/versions.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def versions = [:]
 // https://maven.mozilla.org/?prefix=maven2/org/mozilla/geckoview/
 versions.gecko_view = "72.0.20191202091209"
 versions.android_components = "21.0.0"
-versions.mozilla_speech = "1.0.9"
 // Note that android-components also depends on application-services,
 // and in fact is our main source of appservices-related functionality.
 // The version number below tracks the application-services version
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ versions.mozilla_speech = "1.0.9"
 // forUnitTest variant), and it's important that it be kept in
 // sync with the version used by android-components above.
 versions.mozilla_appservices = "0.42.2"
+versions.mozilla_speech = "1.0.9"
 versions.openwnn = "1.3.7"
 versions.google_vr = "1.190.0"
 versions.room = "2.2.0"