diff --git a/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.cpp b/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.cpp
index 4f295a35c13e4698ef7b5e788d70943b716bf6c0..b1a3dd4ca625951e215803968d100f476e5b5b73 100644
--- a/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.cpp
@@ -309,93 +309,8 @@ snd_pcm_uframes_t AlsaHelper::get_period_frames_bytes() const
 
 std::string AlsaHelper::get_usb_audio_device_name() const
 {
-    std::string deviceName = "default";
-    snd_ctl_t *handle = nullptr;
-    int  err = -1;
-    snd_ctl_card_info_t *info = nullptr;
-    snd_ctl_card_info_alloca(&info);
-    int card = -1;
-    if (snd_card_next(&card) < 0 || card < 0) {
-        return deviceName;
-    }
-    int nameMaxLen = 32;
-    while (card >= 0) {
-        char name[nameMaxLen];
-        snprintf(name, nameMaxLen, "hw:%d", card);
-        if ((err = snd_ctl_open(&handle, name, 0)) < 0) {
-            if (snd_card_next(&card) < 0) {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if ((err = snd_ctl_card_info(handle, info)) < 0) {
-            snd_ctl_close(handle);
-            if (snd_card_next(&card) < 0) {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        int dev = -1;
-        while (true) {
-            snd_ctl_pcm_next_device(handle, &dev);
-            if (dev < 0) {
-                break;
-            }
-            if ((snd_ctl_card_info_get_id(info) != nullptr) && (snd_ctl_card_info_get_name(info)!= nullptr)) {
-                std::string card_info_id(snd_ctl_card_info_get_id(info));
-                std::string card_info_name(snd_ctl_card_info_get_name(info));
-                if ((card_info_id == "Audio") && (card_info_name == "USB Audio")) {
-                    deviceName = "hw:" + std::to_string(card) + "," + std::to_string(dev);
-                    if (validateAudioDevice(deviceName)) {
-                        snd_ctl_close(handle);
-                        return deviceName;
-                    }
-            }
-            }
-        }
-        snd_ctl_close(handle);
-        if (snd_card_next(&card) < 0) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return deviceName;
+    return "pulse";//using PulseAudio
 }
 
-bool AlsaHelper::validateAudioDevice(std::string name) const
-{
-    snd_pcm_t *handle = nullptr;
-    snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params = nullptr;
-    unsigned int rate = 0;
-    float lowLimit  = 0.95;
-    float upLimit = 1.05;
-    hwparams specHwparams = {
-        .format = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE,
-        .channels = CHANELTYPE_MONO,
-        .rate = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE,
-    };
-    if (snd_pcm_open(&handle, name.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, 0) < 0) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca(&params);
-    if (snd_pcm_hw_params_any(handle, params) < 0) {
-        snd_pcm_close(handle);
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(handle, params, specHwparams.format) < 0) {
-        snd_pcm_close(handle);
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(handle, params, specHwparams.channels) < 0) {
-        snd_pcm_close(handle);
-        return false;
-    }
-    rate = specHwparams.rate;
-    snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(handle, params, &specHwparams.rate, 0);
-    if (static_cast<float>(rate * upLimit) < specHwparams.rate
-        || static_cast<float>(rate * lowLimit) > specHwparams.rate) {
-        snd_pcm_close(handle);
-        return false;
-    }
-    snd_pcm_close(handle);
-    return true;
-}
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.h b/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.h
index ada8158010dd37cc7756f36bbe61e44d44b096a0..3ed830fee21ec493c464369bb1ee6d7c21103ed8 100644
--- a/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.h
+++ b/src/anbox/audio/alsa_helper.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ private:
     int xrun(void);
     int suspend(void);
     void compute_max_peak(char *data, size_t count) const;
-    bool validateAudioDevice(std::string name) const;
 };
 }
 }