diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9f699ac98fee..625d28698f15 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,faster-whisper:/build/backend/python/faster-whisper/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,kokoro:/build/backend/python/kokoro/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh,parler-tts:/build/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh"
+ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,faster-whisper:/build/backend/python/faster-whisper/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,kokoro:/build/backend/python/kokoro/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh"
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -410,11 +410,8 @@ RUN if [[ ( "${IMAGE_TYPE}" == "extras ")]]; then \
 RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "coqui" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
         make -C backend/python/coqui \
     ; fi && \
-    if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "parler-tts" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
-        make -C backend/python/parler-tts \
-    ; fi && \
     if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "faster-whisper" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
-        make -C backend/python/parler-tts \
+        make -C backend/python/faster-whisper \
     ; fi && \
     if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "diffusers" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
         make -C backend/python/diffusers \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc649c4ff7ad..04e280d84deb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -533,10 +533,10 @@ protogen-go-clean:
 	$(RM) bin/*
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python
-protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama2-protogen rerankers-protogen transformers-protogen parler-tts-protogen kokoro-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen faster-whisper-protogen
+protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama2-protogen rerankers-protogen transformers-protogen kokoro-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen faster-whisper-protogen
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python-clean
-protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean  exllama2-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean parler-tts-protogen-clean kokoro-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean faster-whisper-protogen-clean
+protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean  exllama2-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean kokoro-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean faster-whisper-protogen-clean
 
 .PHONY: autogptq-protogen
 autogptq-protogen:
@@ -602,14 +602,6 @@ transformers-protogen:
 transformers-protogen-clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers protogen-clean
 
-.PHONY: parler-tts-protogen
-parler-tts-protogen:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/parler-tts protogen
-
-.PHONY: parler-tts-protogen-clean
-parler-tts-protogen-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/parler-tts protogen-clean
-
 .PHONY: kokoro-protogen
 kokoro-protogen:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/kokoro protogen
@@ -645,7 +637,6 @@ prepare-extra-conda-environments: protogen-python
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vllm
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/rerankers
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/parler-tts
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/kokoro
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/openvoice
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama2
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/Makefile b/backend/python/parler-tts/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 48da2f3fb2f4..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-export CONDA_ENV_PATH = "parler.yml"
-SKIP_CONDA?=0
-ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE), cublas)
-export CONDA_ENV_PATH = "parler-nvidia.yml"
-endif
-
-# Intel GPU are supposed to have dependencies installed in the main python
-# environment, so we skip conda installation for SYCL builds.
-# https://github.com/intel/intel-extension-for-pytorch/issues/538
-ifneq (,$(findstring sycl,$(BUILD_TYPE)))
-export SKIP_CONDA=1
-endif
-
-.PHONY: parler-tts
-parler-tts:
-	@echo "Installing $(CONDA_ENV_PATH)..."
-	bash install.sh $(CONDA_ENV_PATH)
-	$(MAKE) protogen
-
-.PHONY: run
-run: protogen
-	@echo "Running transformers..."
-	bash run.sh
-	@echo "transformers run."
-
-.PHONY: test
-test: protogen
-	@echo "Testing transformers..."
-	bash test.sh
-	@echo "transformers tested."
-
-.PHONY: protogen
-protogen: backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
-
-.PHONY: protogen-clean
-protogen-clean:
-	$(RM) backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
-
-backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py:
-	bash protogen.sh
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean: protogen-clean
-	$(RM) -r venv __pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/backend.py b/backend/python/parler-tts/backend.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 655990d75725..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/backend.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Extra gRPC server for MusicgenForConditionalGeneration models.
-"""
-from concurrent import futures
-
-import argparse
-import signal
-import sys
-import os
-
-import time
-import backend_pb2
-import backend_pb2_grpc
-
-import grpc
-
-from scipy.io.wavfile import write as write_wav
-
-from parler_tts import ParlerTTSForConditionalGeneration
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer
-import soundfile as sf  
-import torch
-
-_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
-
-# If MAX_WORKERS are specified in the environment use it, otherwise default to 1
-MAX_WORKERS = int(os.environ.get('PYTHON_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS', '1'))
-
-# Implement the BackendServicer class with the service methods
-class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
-    """
-    A gRPC servicer for the backend service.
-
-    This class implements the gRPC methods for the backend service, including Health, LoadModel, and Embedding.
-    """
-    def Health(self, request, context):
-        """
-        A gRPC method that returns the health status of the backend service.
-
-        Args:
-            request: A HealthRequest object that contains the request parameters.
-            context: A grpc.ServicerContext object that provides information about the RPC.
-
-        Returns:
-            A Reply object that contains the health status of the backend service.
-        """
-        return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
-
-    def LoadModel(self, request, context):
-        """
-        A gRPC method that loads a model into memory.
-
-        Args:
-            request: A LoadModelRequest object that contains the request parameters.
-            context: A grpc.ServicerContext object that provides information about the RPC.
-
-        Returns:
-            A Result object that contains the result of the LoadModel operation.
-        """
-        model_name = request.Model
-        device = "cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
-        try:
-            self.model = ParlerTTSForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(model_name).to(device)
-            self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
-        except Exception as err:
-            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
-
-        return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model loaded successfully", success=True)
-
-    def TTS(self, request, context):
-        model_name = request.model
-        voice = request.voice
-        if voice == "":
-            voice = "A female speaker with a slightly low-pitched voice delivers her words quite expressively, in a very confined sounding environment with clear audio quality. She speaks very fast."
-        if model_name == "":
-            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message="request.model is required")
-        try:
-            device = "cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
-            input_ids = self.tokenizer(voice, return_tensors="pt").input_ids.to(device)
-            prompt_input_ids = self.tokenizer(request.text, return_tensors="pt").input_ids.to(device)
-           
-            generation = self.model.generate(input_ids=input_ids, prompt_input_ids=prompt_input_ids)
-            audio_arr = generation.cpu().numpy().squeeze()
-            print("[parler-tts] TTS generated!", file=sys.stderr)
-            sf.write(request.dst, audio_arr, self.model.config.sampling_rate)
-            print("[parler-tts] TTS saved to", request.dst, file=sys.stderr)
-            print("[parler-tts] TTS for", file=sys.stderr)
-            print(request, file=sys.stderr)
-        except Exception as err:
-            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
-        return backend_pb2.Result(success=True)
-
-
-def serve(address):
-    server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS))
-    backend_pb2_grpc.add_BackendServicer_to_server(BackendServicer(), server)
-    server.add_insecure_port(address)
-    server.start()
-    print("[parler-tts] Server started. Listening on: " + address, file=sys.stderr)
-
-    # Define the signal handler function
-    def signal_handler(sig, frame):
-        print("[parler-tts] Received termination signal. Shutting down...")
-        server.stop(0)
-        sys.exit(0)
-
-    # Set the signal handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-
-    try:
-        while True:
-            time.sleep(_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        server.stop(0)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the gRPC server.")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--addr", default="localhost:50051", help="The address to bind the server to."
-    )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    print(f"[parler-tts] startup: {args}", file=sys.stderr)
-    serve(args.addr)
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 14df9b14068b..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-# This is here because the Intel pip index is broken and returns 200 status codes for every package name, it just doesn't return any package links.
-# This makes uv think that the package exists in the Intel pip index, and by default it stops looking at other pip indexes once it finds a match.
-# We need uv to continue falling through to the pypi default index to find optimum[openvino] in the pypi index
-# the --upgrade actually allows us to *downgrade* torch to the version provided in the Intel pip index
-if [ "x${BUILD_PROFILE}" == "xintel" ]; then
-    EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
-fi
-
-
-installRequirements
-
-
-# https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools/issues/101
-# incompatible protobuf versions.
-PYDIR=python3.10
-pyenv="${MY_DIR}/venv/lib/${PYDIR}/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/"
-
-if [ ! -d ${pyenv} ]; then
-    echo "(parler-tts/install.sh): Error: ${pyenv} does not exist"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/main/python/google/protobuf/internal/builder.py -o ${pyenv}/builder.py
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/protogen.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/protogen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 32f39fbb4f65..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/protogen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -I../.. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. backend.proto
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 702074de41c5..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-git+https://github.com/huggingface/parler-tts.git@8e465f1b5fcd223478e07175cb40494d19ffbe17
-llvmlite==0.43.0
-numba==0.60.0
-grpcio-tools==1.42.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cpu.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cpu.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2021fc201f7e..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cpu.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-transformers
-accelerate
-torch==2.4.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas11.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas11.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f8fe9ff87a3..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas11.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
-torch==2.4.1+cu118
-torchaudio==2.4.1+cu118
-transformers
-accelerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas12.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas12.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 537169495d1e..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-cublas12.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-torch==2.4.1
-torchaudio==2.4.1
-transformers
-accelerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-hipblas.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-hipblas.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b8758537835e..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-hipblas.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm6.0
-torch==2.3.0+rocm6.0
-torchaudio==2.3.0+rocm6.0
-transformers
-accelerate
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-intel.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-intel.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f6814bd9af25..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-intel.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---extra-index-url https://pytorch-extension.intel.com/release-whl/stable/xpu/us/
-intel-extension-for-pytorch==2.3.110+xpu
-torch==2.3.1+cxx11.abi
-torchaudio==2.3.1+cxx11.abi
-oneccl_bind_pt==2.3.100+xpu
-optimum[openvino]
-transformers
-accelerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e6ba016ba484..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-grpcio==1.69.0
-certifi
-llvmlite==0.43.0
-setuptools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 375c07e5f426..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-startBackend $@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/test.py b/backend/python/parler-tts/test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 639d43a9101a..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-"""
-A test script to test the gRPC service
-"""
-import unittest
-import subprocess
-import time
-import backend_pb2
-import backend_pb2_grpc
-
-import grpc
-
-
-class TestBackendServicer(unittest.TestCase):
-    """
-    TestBackendServicer is the class that tests the gRPC service
-    """
-    def setUp(self):
-        """
-        This method sets up the gRPC service by starting the server
-        """
-        self.service = subprocess.Popen(["python3", "backend.py", "--addr", "localhost:50051"])
-        time.sleep(10)
-
-    def tearDown(self) -> None:
-        """
-        This method tears down the gRPC service by terminating the server
-        """
-        self.service.terminate()
-        self.service.wait()
-
-    def test_server_startup(self):
-        """
-        This method tests if the server starts up successfully
-        """
-        try:
-            self.setUp()
-            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
-                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
-                response = stub.Health(backend_pb2.HealthMessage())
-                self.assertEqual(response.message, b'OK')
-        except Exception as err:
-            print(err)
-            self.fail("Server failed to start")
-        finally:
-            self.tearDown()
-
-    def test_load_model(self):
-        """
-        This method tests if the model is loaded successfully
-        """
-        try:
-            self.setUp()
-            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
-                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
-                response = stub.LoadModel(backend_pb2.ModelOptions(Model="parler-tts/parler_tts_mini_v0.1"))
-                self.assertTrue(response.success)
-                self.assertEqual(response.message, "Model loaded successfully")
-        except Exception as err:
-            print(err)
-            self.fail("LoadModel service failed")
-        finally:
-            self.tearDown()
-
-    def test_tts(self):
-        """
-        This method tests if the embeddings are generated successfully
-        """
-        try:
-            self.setUp()
-            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
-                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
-                response = stub.LoadModel(backend_pb2.ModelOptions(Model="parler-tts/parler_tts_mini_v0.1"))
-                self.assertTrue(response.success)
-                tts_request = backend_pb2.TTSRequest(text="Hey, how are you doing today?")
-                tts_response = stub.TTS(tts_request)
-                self.assertIsNotNone(tts_response)
-        except Exception as err:
-            print(err)
-            self.fail("TTS service failed")
-        finally:
-            self.tearDown()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/test.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6940b0661df2..000000000000
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-runUnittests