diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 7279dfc..fc6b0aa 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -46,18 +46,14 @@ const {
   addKey,
   retrieveKey,
   deleteKey,
-  incrKey,
-  JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS
+  incrKey
 } = require('./lib/helpers/realtimedb-helpers');
 const {
   getTtsVoices,
   getTtsSize,
   purgeTtsCache,
   synthAudio
-} = require('@jambonz/speech-utils')(JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS || {
-  host: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_HOST,
-  port: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_PORT || 6379
-}, logger);
+} = require('@jambonz/speech-utils')({redis_client: client}, logger);
 const {
   lookupAppBySid,
   lookupAccountBySid,
diff --git a/lib/helpers/realtimedb-helpers.js b/lib/helpers/realtimedb-helpers.js
index da63e32..722d6db 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/realtimedb-helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/realtimedb-helpers.js
@@ -1,29 +1,5 @@
 const logger = require('../logger');
 
-const JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS = process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS ? {
-  sentinels: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS.split(',').map((sentinel) => {
-    let host, port = 26379;
-    if (sentinel.includes(':')) {
-      const arr = sentinel.split(':');
-      host = arr[0];
-      port = parseInt(arr[1], 10);
-    } else {
-      host = sentinel;
-    }
-    return {host, port};
-  }),
-  name: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_NAME,
-  ...(process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_PASSWORD && {
-    password: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_PASSWORD
-  }),
-  ...(process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_USERNAME && {
-    username: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_USERNAME
-  }),
-  ...(process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_SENTINAL_PASSWORD && {
-    sentinelPassword: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINEL_SENTINAL_PASSWORD
-  }),
-} : null;
-
 const {
   client,
   retrieveCall,
@@ -37,10 +13,7 @@ const {
   deleteKey,
   incrKey,
   client: redisClient,
-} = require('@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers')(JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS || {
-  host: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_HOST || 'localhost',
-  port: process.env.JAMBONES_REDIS_PORT || 6379
-}, logger);
+} = require('@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers')({}, logger);
 
 module.exports = {
   client,
@@ -54,6 +27,5 @@ module.exports = {
   retrieveKey,
   deleteKey,
   redisClient,
-  incrKey,
-  JAMBONES_REDIS_SENTINELS
+  incrKey
 };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 781e5e3..75c9704 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "@jambonz/lamejs": "^1.2.2",
         "@jambonz/mw-registrar": "^0.2.5",
         "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.7",
-        "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.0.25",
+        "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.0.26",
         "@jambonz/time-series": "^0.2.8",
         "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.45",
         "@soniox/soniox-node": "^1.1.1",
@@ -1968,19 +1968,19 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@jambonz/speech-utils": {
-      "version": "0.0.25",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/speech-utils/-/speech-utils-0.0.25.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ry0FbGjgXxhYOQXSnkXQN5/Num057w3zdYpX8modZubK5TsH0AhHNC+6ph0IQrvk7LcnNJfCDqtNbKQZYQ/OHA==",
+      "version": "0.0.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/speech-utils/-/speech-utils-0.0.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g5AdiPZGY1HnWJ8lbKwBbV5NcyPn8A1s6/IqQQ8sNCQzRyd/aveBI9FuOH1bIUNhwUDdMSXkyuxntUOt+/0TIw==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-polly": "^3.359.0",
         "@google-cloud/text-to-speech": "^4.2.1",
         "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.8.13",
+        "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.7",
         "bent": "^7.3.12",
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "form-urlencoded": "^6.1.0",
         "google-protobuf": "^3.21.2",
         "ibm-watson": "^8.0.0",
-        "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
         "microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk": "^1.31.0",
         "openai": "^4.16.2",
         "undici": "^5.21.0"
@@ -11430,19 +11430,19 @@
       }
     },
     "@jambonz/speech-utils": {
-      "version": "0.0.25",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/speech-utils/-/speech-utils-0.0.25.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ry0FbGjgXxhYOQXSnkXQN5/Num057w3zdYpX8modZubK5TsH0AhHNC+6ph0IQrvk7LcnNJfCDqtNbKQZYQ/OHA==",
+      "version": "0.0.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/speech-utils/-/speech-utils-0.0.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g5AdiPZGY1HnWJ8lbKwBbV5NcyPn8A1s6/IqQQ8sNCQzRyd/aveBI9FuOH1bIUNhwUDdMSXkyuxntUOt+/0TIw==",
       "requires": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-polly": "^3.359.0",
         "@google-cloud/text-to-speech": "^4.2.1",
         "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.8.13",
+        "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.7",
         "bent": "^7.3.12",
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "form-urlencoded": "^6.1.0",
         "google-protobuf": "^3.21.2",
         "ibm-watson": "^8.0.0",
-        "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
         "microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk": "^1.31.0",
         "openai": "^4.16.2",
         "undici": "^5.21.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54f27ad..68ac6c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@jambonz/lamejs": "^1.2.2",
     "@jambonz/mw-registrar": "^0.2.5",
     "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.7",
-    "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.0.25",
+    "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.0.26",
     "@jambonz/time-series": "^0.2.8",
     "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.45",
     "@soniox/soniox-node": "^1.1.1",