diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/carrotsearch/gradle/junit4/TestReportLogger.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/carrotsearch/gradle/junit4/TestReportLogger.groovy
index 450d3645182..6ed6ecf8619 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/carrotsearch/gradle/junit4/TestReportLogger.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/carrotsearch/gradle/junit4/TestReportLogger.groovy
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.logging.LogLevel
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger
 import org.junit.runner.Description
 
-import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem
-import javax.sound.sampled.Clip
-import javax.sound.sampled.Line
-import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent
-import javax.sound.sampled.LineListener
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 import static com.carrotsearch.ant.tasks.junit4.FormattingUtils.formatDescription
@@ -123,36 +117,9 @@ class TestReportLogger extends TestsSummaryEventListener implements AggregatedEv
                 formatTime(e.getCurrentTime()) + ", stalled for " +
                 formatDurationInSeconds(e.getNoEventDuration()) + " at: " +
                 (e.getDescription() == null ? "<unknown>" : formatDescription(e.getDescription())))
-        try {
-            playBeat();
-        } catch (Exception nosound) { /* handling exceptions with style */ }
         slowTestsFound = true
     }
 
-    void playBeat() throws Exception {
-        Clip clip = (Clip)AudioSystem.getLine(new Line.Info(Clip.class));
-        final AtomicBoolean stop = new AtomicBoolean();
-        clip.addLineListener(new LineListener() {
-            @Override
-            public void update(LineEvent event) {
-                if (event.getType() == LineEvent.Type.STOP) {
-                    stop.set(true);
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        InputStream stream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/beat.wav");
-        try {
-            clip.open(AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(stream));
-            clip.start();
-            while (!stop.get()) {
-                Thread.sleep(20);
-            }
-            clip.close();
-        } finally {
-            stream.close();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Subscribe
     void onQuit(AggregatedQuitEvent e) throws IOException {
         if (config.showNumFailuresAtEnd > 0 && !failedTests.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/beat.wav b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/beat.wav
deleted file mode 100644
index 4083a4ce618..00000000000
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