diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index bbb1897534c119a10aba12fe55dc1ae900b679a5..eb55bb82239b337c269e891fe5ac0b07bc57b29d 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -3363,13 +3363,7 @@ static MSFilter *get_dtmf_gen(LinphoneCore *lc){
 	}
 	if (lc->ringstream==NULL){
 		MSSndCard *ringcard=lc->sound_conf.lsd_card ?lc->sound_conf.lsd_card : lc->sound_conf.ring_sndcard;
-		const char *playfile;
-#ifdef ANDROID
-		playfile="/data/data/org.linphone/files/silence.wav";
-#else
-		playfile=NULL;
-#endif
-		lc->ringstream=ring_start(playfile,0,ringcard);
+		lc->ringstream=ring_start(NULL,0,ringcard);
 		lc->dmfs_playing_start_time=time(NULL);
 	}else{
 		if (lc->dmfs_playing_start_time!=0)
diff --git a/share/rings/silence.wav b/share/rings/silence.wav
deleted file mode 100644
index b57d2fb07e19323aacaa8984efe9d94379f3a1c0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/share/rings/silence.wav and /dev/null differ