diff --git a/src/cheese-window.vala b/src/cheese-window.vala
index ff0698088447f0e1928ed6cdbbccfa2d8b450456..d07ff3390841a45252c68616863c6fa70f2af4b8 100644
--- a/src/cheese-window.vala
+++ b/src/cheese-window.vala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ using Clutter;
 using Config;
 using Eog;
 using Gst;
-using CanberraGtk;
 
 const int FULLSCREEN_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 5 * 1000;
 const uint EFFECTS_PER_PAGE = 9;
@@ -685,11 +684,7 @@ public class Cheese.MainWindow : Gtk.ApplicationWindow
       {
         this.flash.fire ();
       }
-      CanberraGtk.play_for_widget (this.main_vbox, 0,
-                                   Canberra.PROP_EVENT_ID, "camera-shutter",
-                                   Canberra.PROP_MEDIA_ROLE, "event",
-                                   Canberra.PROP_EVENT_DESCRIPTION, _("Shutter sound"),
-                                   null);
+
       this.camera.take_photo (file_name);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 74f62b16860288b1d3c66cd4a6b59b9e28c0357f..edad25d2f6aa76f9916e98c19becc12bc42f121f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ sources = files(
   'cheese-window.vala',
   'thumbview/cheese-thumbnail.c',
   'thumbview/cheese-thumb-view.c',
-  'thumbview/eog-thumb-nav.c',
-  'vapi/libcanberra-gtk3.vapi'
+  'thumbview/eog-thumb-nav.c'
 )
 
 deps = [
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ deps = [
   config_dep,
   gnome_desktop_dep,
   eogthumbnav_dep,
-  libcanberra_dep,
-  libcanberra_gtk3_dep,
   libcheese_gtk_dep,
   posix_dep,
 ]
diff --git a/src/vapi/libcanberra-gtk3.vapi b/src/vapi/libcanberra-gtk3.vapi
deleted file mode 100644
index 94add4ea4a0d3c7a6136b12c41111fa052240c66..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/vapi/libcanberra-gtk3.vapi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/***
-  This file is part of libcanberra.
-
-  Copyright 2009 Lennart Poettering
-
-  libcanberra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the
-  License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-  libcanberra is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-  License along with libcanberra. If not, see
-  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-***/
-
-using Canberra;
-using Gdk;
-using Gtk;
-
-[CCode (cprefix = "CA_GTK_", lower_case_cprefix = "ca_gtk_", cheader_filename = "canberra-gtk.h")]
-namespace CanberraGtk {
-
-        public unowned Context? context_get();
-        public unowned Context? context_get_for_screen(Gdk.Screen? screen);
-
-        public int proplist_set_for_widget(Proplist p, Gtk.Widget w);
-        public int play_for_widget(Gtk.Widget w, uint32 id, ...);
-        public int proplist_set_for_event(Proplist p, Gdk.Event e);
-        public int play_for_event(Gdk.Event e, uint32 id, ...);
-
-        public void widget_disable_sounds(Gtk.Widget w, bool enable = false);
-}
-