diff --git i/sounddevice.py w/sounddevice.py
index c7c1d62..aabcb12 100644
--- i/sounddevice.py
+++ w/sounddevice.py
@@ -58,29 +58,7 @@ from ctypes.util import find_library as _find_library
 from _sounddevice import ffi as _ffi


-try:
-    for _libname in (
-            'portaudio',  # Default name on POSIX systems
-            'bin\\libportaudio-2.dll',  # DLL from conda-forge
-            'lib/libportaudio.dylib',  # dylib from anaconda
-            ):
-        _libname = _find_library(_libname)
-        if _libname is not None:
-            break
-    else:
-        raise OSError('PortAudio library not found')
-    _lib = _ffi.dlopen(_libname)
-except OSError:
-    if _platform.system() == 'Darwin':
-        _libname = 'libportaudio.dylib'
-    elif _platform.system() == 'Windows':
-        _libname = 'libportaudio' + _platform.architecture()[0] + '.dll'
-    else:
-        raise
-    import _sounddevice_data
-    _libname = _os.path.join(
-        next(iter(_sounddevice_data.__path__)), 'portaudio-binaries', _libname)
-    _lib = _ffi.dlopen(_libname)
+_lib = _ffi.dlopen('@portaudio@')

 _sampleformats = {
     'float32': _lib.paFloat32,