diff --git a/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py b/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
index 84a79f5..8abcae1 100644
--- a/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
+++ b/phonemizer/backend/espeak/wrapper.py
@@ -143,12 +143,7 @@ class EspeakWrapper:
                     f'is not a readable file')
             return library.resolve()
 
-        library = (
-                ctypes.util.find_library('espeak-ng') or
-                ctypes.util.find_library('espeak'))
-        if not library:  # pragma: nocover
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                'failed to find espeak library')
+        library = '@libespeak@'
         return library
 
     def _fetch_version_and_path(self):