diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
index 51c8b9dd93cd..1c868fcbab7e 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def INPUT_TYPES(s):
     def load(self, audio):
         audio_path = folder_paths.get_annotated_filepath(audio)
 
-        waveform, sample_rate = torchaudio.load(audio_path)
+        waveform, sample_rate = load(audio_path)
         audio = {"waveform": waveform.unsqueeze(0), "sample_rate": sample_rate}
         return (audio, )
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 588c5dcf01cc..6c28f9478c8e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ av>=14.2.0
 #non essential dependencies:
 kornia>=0.7.1
 spandrel
-soundfile
 pydantic~=2.0
 pydantic-settings~=2.0