diff --git a/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js b/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
index 5ffb6c21..a68a4094 100644
--- a/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
+++ b/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function installSrfLocals(srf, logger) {
     synthAudio,
     getNuanceAccessToken,
     getIbmAccessToken,
-  } = require('@jambonz/speech-utils')({redis_client: client}, logger);
+  } = require('@jambonz/speech-utils')({}, logger);
   const {
     writeAlerts,
     AlertType