diff --git a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/config/system.pa b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/config/system.pa
index 8eb36df2de..93077d2ccb 100644
--- a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/config/system.pa
+++ b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/config/system.pa
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 # This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started in system
 # mode.
 
-### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
-.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
-load-module module-udev-detect
-.else
-### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev/hal support)
-load-module module-detect
-.endif
-
 ### Load several protocols
 .ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
 load-module module-esound-protocol-unix