diff --git a/src/etc/rc.loader.d/20-modules b/src/etc/rc.loader.d/20-modules
index 9ca608427..bd2690ffa 100644
--- a/src/etc/rc.loader.d/20-modules
+++ b/src/etc/rc.loader.d/20-modules
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ if_vlan_load="YES"
 pf_load="YES"
 pflog_load="YES"
 pfsync_load="YES"
-speaker_load="YES"
 # The netgraph(4) framework is loaded here
 # for backwards compat with the pre-16.7
 # kernel configuration that compiled all of