diff --git a/audio/Makefile.objs b/audio/Makefile.objs
index 26a0ac9..5573ac1 100644
--- a/audio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/audio/Makefile.objs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_COREAUDIO) += coreaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ALSA) += alsaaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_DSOUND) += dsoundaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_FMOD) += fmodaudio.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ESD) += esdaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_PA) += paaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_WINWAVE) += winwaveaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_PT_INT) += audio_pt_int.o
diff --git a/audio/audio_int.h b/audio/audio_int.h
index fd019a0..9dd6b7f 100644
--- a/audio/audio_int.h
+++ b/audio/audio_int.h
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ extern struct audio_driver fmod_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver alsa_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver coreaudio_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver dsound_audio_driver;
-extern struct audio_driver esd_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver pa_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver spice_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver winwave_audio_driver;
diff --git a/audio/esdaudio.c b/audio/esdaudio.c
deleted file mode 100644
index eea9cce..0000000
--- a/audio/esdaudio.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,557 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QEMU ESD audio driver
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Frederick Reeve (brushed up by malc)
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-#include <esd.h>
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "audio.h"
-
-#define AUDIO_CAP "esd"
-#include "audio_int.h"
-#include "audio_pt_int.h"
-
-typedef struct {
-    HWVoiceOut hw;
-    int done;
-    int live;
-    int decr;
-    int rpos;
-    void *pcm_buf;
-    int fd;
-    struct audio_pt pt;
-} ESDVoiceOut;
-
-typedef struct {
-    HWVoiceIn hw;
-    int done;
-    int dead;
-    int incr;
-    int wpos;
-    void *pcm_buf;
-    int fd;
-    struct audio_pt pt;
-} ESDVoiceIn;
-
-static struct {
-    int samples;
-    int divisor;
-    char *dac_host;
-    char *adc_host;
-} conf = {
-    .samples = 1024,
-    .divisor = 2,
-};
-
-static void GCC_FMT_ATTR (2, 3) qesd_logerr (int err, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list ap;
-
-    va_start (ap, fmt);
-    AUD_vlog (AUDIO_CAP, fmt, ap);
-    va_end (ap);
-
-    AUD_log (AUDIO_CAP, "Reason: %s\n", strerror (err));
-}
-
-/* playback */
-static void *qesd_thread_out (void *arg)
-{
-    ESDVoiceOut *esd = arg;
-    HWVoiceOut *hw = &esd->hw;
-    int threshold;
-
-    threshold = conf.divisor ? hw->samples / conf.divisor : 0;
-
-    if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    for (;;) {
-        int decr, to_mix, rpos;
-
-        for (;;) {
-            if (esd->done) {
-                goto exit;
-            }
-
-            if (esd->live > threshold) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (audio_pt_wait (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-                goto exit;
-            }
-        }
-
-        decr = to_mix = esd->live;
-        rpos = hw->rpos;
-
-        if (audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-
-        while (to_mix) {
-            ssize_t written;
-            int chunk = audio_MIN (to_mix, hw->samples - rpos);
-            struct st_sample *src = hw->mix_buf + rpos;
-
-            hw->clip (esd->pcm_buf, src, chunk);
-
-        again:
-            written = write (esd->fd, esd->pcm_buf, chunk << hw->info.shift);
-            if (written == -1) {
-                if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN) {
-                    goto again;
-                }
-                qesd_logerr (errno, "write failed\n");
-                return NULL;
-            }
-
-            if (written != chunk << hw->info.shift) {
-                int wsamples = written >> hw->info.shift;
-                int wbytes = wsamples << hw->info.shift;
-                if (wbytes != written) {
-                    dolog ("warning: Misaligned write %d (requested %zd), "
-                           "alignment %d\n",
-                           wbytes, written, hw->info.align + 1);
-                }
-                to_mix -= wsamples;
-                rpos = (rpos + wsamples) % hw->samples;
-                break;
-            }
-
-            rpos = (rpos + chunk) % hw->samples;
-            to_mix -= chunk;
-        }
-
-        if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-
-        esd->rpos = rpos;
-        esd->live -= decr;
-        esd->decr += decr;
-    }
-
- exit:
-    audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static int qesd_run_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, int live)
-{
-    int decr;
-    ESDVoiceOut *esd = (ESDVoiceOut *) hw;
-
-    if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    decr = audio_MIN (live, esd->decr);
-    esd->decr -= decr;
-    esd->live = live - decr;
-    hw->rpos = esd->rpos;
-    if (esd->live > 0) {
-        audio_pt_unlock_and_signal (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    }
-    else {
-        audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    }
-    return decr;
-}
-
-static int qesd_write (SWVoiceOut *sw, void *buf, int len)
-{
-    return audio_pcm_sw_write (sw, buf, len);
-}
-
-static int qesd_init_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, struct audsettings *as)
-{
-    ESDVoiceOut *esd = (ESDVoiceOut *) hw;
-    struct audsettings obt_as = *as;
-    int esdfmt = ESD_STREAM | ESD_PLAY;
-
-    esdfmt |= (as->nchannels == 2) ? ESD_STEREO : ESD_MONO;
-    switch (as->fmt) {
-    case AUD_FMT_S8:
-    case AUD_FMT_U8:
-        esdfmt |= ESD_BITS8;
-        obt_as.fmt = AUD_FMT_U8;
-        break;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_S32:
-    case AUD_FMT_U32:
-        dolog ("Will use 16 instead of 32 bit samples\n");
-        /* fall through */
-    case AUD_FMT_S16:
-    case AUD_FMT_U16:
-    deffmt:
-        esdfmt |= ESD_BITS16;
-        obt_as.fmt = AUD_FMT_S16;
-        break;
-
-    default:
-        dolog ("Internal logic error: Bad audio format %d\n", as->fmt);
-        goto deffmt;
-
-    }
-    obt_as.endianness = AUDIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS;
-
-    audio_pcm_init_info (&hw->info, &obt_as);
-
-    hw->samples = conf.samples;
-    esd->pcm_buf = audio_calloc (AUDIO_FUNC, hw->samples, 1 << hw->info.shift);
-    if (!esd->pcm_buf) {
-        dolog ("Could not allocate buffer (%d bytes)\n",
-               hw->samples << hw->info.shift);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    esd->fd = esd_play_stream (esdfmt, as->freq, conf.dac_host, NULL);
-    if (esd->fd < 0) {
-        qesd_logerr (errno, "esd_play_stream failed\n");
-        goto fail1;
-    }
-
-    if (audio_pt_init (&esd->pt, qesd_thread_out, esd, AUDIO_CAP, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        goto fail2;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-
- fail2:
-    if (close (esd->fd)) {
-        qesd_logerr (errno, "%s: close on esd socket(%d) failed\n",
-                     AUDIO_FUNC, esd->fd);
-    }
-    esd->fd = -1;
-
- fail1:
-    g_free (esd->pcm_buf);
-    esd->pcm_buf = NULL;
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static void qesd_fini_out (HWVoiceOut *hw)
-{
-    void *ret;
-    ESDVoiceOut *esd = (ESDVoiceOut *) hw;
-
-    audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    esd->done = 1;
-    audio_pt_unlock_and_signal (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    audio_pt_join (&esd->pt, &ret, AUDIO_FUNC);
-
-    if (esd->fd >= 0) {
-        if (close (esd->fd)) {
-            qesd_logerr (errno, "failed to close esd socket\n");
-        }
-        esd->fd = -1;
-    }
-
-    audio_pt_fini (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-
-    g_free (esd->pcm_buf);
-    esd->pcm_buf = NULL;
-}
-
-static int qesd_ctl_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, int cmd, ...)
-{
-    (void) hw;
-    (void) cmd;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* capture */
-static void *qesd_thread_in (void *arg)
-{
-    ESDVoiceIn *esd = arg;
-    HWVoiceIn *hw = &esd->hw;
-    int threshold;
-
-    threshold = conf.divisor ? hw->samples / conf.divisor : 0;
-
-    if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    for (;;) {
-        int incr, to_grab, wpos;
-
-        for (;;) {
-            if (esd->done) {
-                goto exit;
-            }
-
-            if (esd->dead > threshold) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (audio_pt_wait (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-                goto exit;
-            }
-        }
-
-        incr = to_grab = esd->dead;
-        wpos = hw->wpos;
-
-        if (audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-
-        while (to_grab) {
-            ssize_t nread;
-            int chunk = audio_MIN (to_grab, hw->samples - wpos);
-            void *buf = advance (esd->pcm_buf, wpos);
-
-        again:
-            nread = read (esd->fd, buf, chunk << hw->info.shift);
-            if (nread == -1) {
-                if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN) {
-                    goto again;
-                }
-                qesd_logerr (errno, "read failed\n");
-                return NULL;
-            }
-
-            if (nread != chunk << hw->info.shift) {
-                int rsamples = nread >> hw->info.shift;
-                int rbytes = rsamples << hw->info.shift;
-                if (rbytes != nread) {
-                    dolog ("warning: Misaligned write %d (requested %zd), "
-                           "alignment %d\n",
-                           rbytes, nread, hw->info.align + 1);
-                }
-                to_grab -= rsamples;
-                wpos = (wpos + rsamples) % hw->samples;
-                break;
-            }
-
-            hw->conv (hw->conv_buf + wpos, buf, nread >> hw->info.shift);
-            wpos = (wpos + chunk) % hw->samples;
-            to_grab -= chunk;
-        }
-
-        if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
-
-        esd->wpos = wpos;
-        esd->dead -= incr;
-        esd->incr += incr;
-    }
-
- exit:
-    audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static int qesd_run_in (HWVoiceIn *hw)
-{
-    int live, incr, dead;
-    ESDVoiceIn *esd = (ESDVoiceIn *) hw;
-
-    if (audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    live = audio_pcm_hw_get_live_in (hw);
-    dead = hw->samples - live;
-    incr = audio_MIN (dead, esd->incr);
-    esd->incr -= incr;
-    esd->dead = dead - incr;
-    hw->wpos = esd->wpos;
-    if (esd->dead > 0) {
-        audio_pt_unlock_and_signal (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    }
-    else {
-        audio_pt_unlock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    }
-    return incr;
-}
-
-static int qesd_read (SWVoiceIn *sw, void *buf, int len)
-{
-    return audio_pcm_sw_read (sw, buf, len);
-}
-
-static int qesd_init_in (HWVoiceIn *hw, struct audsettings *as)
-{
-    ESDVoiceIn *esd = (ESDVoiceIn *) hw;
-    struct audsettings obt_as = *as;
-    int esdfmt = ESD_STREAM | ESD_RECORD;
-
-    esdfmt |= (as->nchannels == 2) ? ESD_STEREO : ESD_MONO;
-    switch (as->fmt) {
-    case AUD_FMT_S8:
-    case AUD_FMT_U8:
-        esdfmt |= ESD_BITS8;
-        obt_as.fmt = AUD_FMT_U8;
-        break;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_S16:
-    case AUD_FMT_U16:
-        esdfmt |= ESD_BITS16;
-        obt_as.fmt = AUD_FMT_S16;
-        break;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_S32:
-    case AUD_FMT_U32:
-        dolog ("Will use 16 instead of 32 bit samples\n");
-        esdfmt |= ESD_BITS16;
-        obt_as.fmt = AUD_FMT_S16;
-        break;
-    }
-    obt_as.endianness = AUDIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS;
-
-    audio_pcm_init_info (&hw->info, &obt_as);
-
-    hw->samples = conf.samples;
-    esd->pcm_buf = audio_calloc (AUDIO_FUNC, hw->samples, 1 << hw->info.shift);
-    if (!esd->pcm_buf) {
-        dolog ("Could not allocate buffer (%d bytes)\n",
-               hw->samples << hw->info.shift);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    esd->fd = esd_record_stream (esdfmt, as->freq, conf.adc_host, NULL);
-    if (esd->fd < 0) {
-        qesd_logerr (errno, "esd_record_stream failed\n");
-        goto fail1;
-    }
-
-    if (audio_pt_init (&esd->pt, qesd_thread_in, esd, AUDIO_CAP, AUDIO_FUNC)) {
-        goto fail2;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-
- fail2:
-    if (close (esd->fd)) {
-        qesd_logerr (errno, "%s: close on esd socket(%d) failed\n",
-                     AUDIO_FUNC, esd->fd);
-    }
-    esd->fd = -1;
-
- fail1:
-    g_free (esd->pcm_buf);
-    esd->pcm_buf = NULL;
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static void qesd_fini_in (HWVoiceIn *hw)
-{
-    void *ret;
-    ESDVoiceIn *esd = (ESDVoiceIn *) hw;
-
-    audio_pt_lock (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    esd->done = 1;
-    audio_pt_unlock_and_signal (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-    audio_pt_join (&esd->pt, &ret, AUDIO_FUNC);
-
-    if (esd->fd >= 0) {
-        if (close (esd->fd)) {
-            qesd_logerr (errno, "failed to close esd socket\n");
-        }
-        esd->fd = -1;
-    }
-
-    audio_pt_fini (&esd->pt, AUDIO_FUNC);
-
-    g_free (esd->pcm_buf);
-    esd->pcm_buf = NULL;
-}
-
-static int qesd_ctl_in (HWVoiceIn *hw, int cmd, ...)
-{
-    (void) hw;
-    (void) cmd;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* common */
-static void *qesd_audio_init (void)
-{
-    return &conf;
-}
-
-static void qesd_audio_fini (void *opaque)
-{
-    (void) opaque;
-    ldebug ("esd_fini");
-}
-
-struct audio_option qesd_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name  = "SAMPLES",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_INT,
-        .valp  = &conf.samples,
-        .descr = "buffer size in samples"
-    },
-    {
-        .name  = "DIVISOR",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_INT,
-        .valp  = &conf.divisor,
-        .descr = "threshold divisor"
-    },
-    {
-        .name  = "DAC_HOST",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_STR,
-        .valp  = &conf.dac_host,
-        .descr = "playback host"
-    },
-    {
-        .name  = "ADC_HOST",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_STR,
-        .valp  = &conf.adc_host,
-        .descr = "capture host"
-    },
-    { /* End of list */ }
-};
-
-static struct audio_pcm_ops qesd_pcm_ops = {
-    .init_out = qesd_init_out,
-    .fini_out = qesd_fini_out,
-    .run_out  = qesd_run_out,
-    .write    = qesd_write,
-    .ctl_out  = qesd_ctl_out,
-
-    .init_in  = qesd_init_in,
-    .fini_in  = qesd_fini_in,
-    .run_in   = qesd_run_in,
-    .read     = qesd_read,
-    .ctl_in   = qesd_ctl_in,
-};
-
-struct audio_driver esd_audio_driver = {
-    .name           = "esd",
-    .descr          = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esound",
-    .options        = qesd_options,
-    .init           = qesd_audio_init,
-    .fini           = qesd_audio_fini,
-    .pcm_ops        = &qesd_pcm_ops,
-    .can_be_default = 0,
-    .max_voices_out = INT_MAX,
-    .max_voices_in  = INT_MAX,
-    .voice_size_out = sizeof (ESDVoiceOut),
-    .voice_size_in  = sizeof (ESDVoiceIn)
-};
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e2f78a..acd471d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -575,13 +575,13 @@ MINGW32*)
 GNU/kFreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl esd pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
 ;;
 FreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl esd pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
   # needed for kinfo_getvmmap(3) in libutil.h
   LIBS="-lutil $LIBS"
   netmap=""  # enable netmap autodetect
@@ -591,14 +591,14 @@ DragonFly)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl esd pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="dragonfly"
 ;;
 NetBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl esd"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl"
   oss_lib="-lossaudio"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="netbsd"
 ;;
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ OpenBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="sdl"
-  audio_possible_drivers="sdl esd"
+  audio_possible_drivers="sdl"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="openbsd"
 ;;
 Darwin)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Haiku)
 ;;
 *)
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa sdl esd pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa sdl pa"
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
   kvm="yes"
@@ -2630,12 +2630,6 @@ for drv in $audio_drv_list; do
     libs_softmmu="$fmod_lib $libs_softmmu"
     ;;
 
-    esd)
-    audio_drv_probe $drv esd.h -lesd 'return esd_play_stream(0, 0, "", 0);'
-    libs_softmmu="-lesd $libs_softmmu"
-    audio_pt_int="yes"
-    ;;
-
     pa)
     audio_drv_probe $drv pulse/mainloop.h "-lpulse" \
         "pa_mainloop *m = 0; pa_mainloop_free (m); return 0;"
