--- a/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/__init__.py
+++ b/mnemosyne/libmnemosyne/__init__.py
@@ -363,20 +363,6 @@ class Mnemosyne(Component):
           "Yoruba"),
          ("mnemosyne.libmnemosyne.languages.zulu",
           "Zulu")]
-        try: # On Android, importlib.util doesn't get found, even though it's present...
-            if (importlib.util.find_spec("gtts")) is not None:
-                self.components.append(\
-                    ("mnemosyne.libmnemosyne.pronouncers.google_pronouncer",
-                    "GooglePronouncer"))
-            else:
-                warnings.warn("gTTS package is not installed. Text to speak feature will not be available.")
-            if ((importlib.util.find_spec("googletrans")) is not None):
-                self.components.append(\
-                    ("mnemosyne.libmnemosyne.translators.google_translator", "GoogleTranslator"))
-            else:
-                warnings.warn("google_trans package is not installed. Google translate feature will not be available.")
-        except:
-            pass
         self.gui_for_component = {}
 
     def handle_exception(self, type, value, tb):