diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index f3251e6ff..77ebd901e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ import {
   updatePage,
 } from '../../elastic/pages'
 import { searchHighlights } from '../../elastic/highlights'
-import { enqueueTextToSpeech } from '../../utils/createTask'
 
 export type PartialArticle = Omit<
   Article,
@@ -372,11 +371,6 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
         }
         articleToSave.id = newPageId
       }
-
-      // enqueue a task to convert text to speech
-      const taskName = await enqueueTextToSpeech(uid, articleToSave.id)
-      log.info('Text to speech task name', { taskName })
-
       log.info(
         'page created in elastic',
         articleToSave.id,