diff --git a/.asoundrc b/.asoundrc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..8ad6b2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.asoundrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.config/alsa/asoundrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.config/alsa/asoundrc b/.config/alsa/asoundrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42a36736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/alsa/asoundrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pcm.default pulse
+ctl.default pulse
diff --git a/.config/x11/xprofile b/.config/x11/xprofile
index f7182e19..3d225f70 100755
--- a/.config/x11/xprofile
+++ b/.config/x11/xprofile
@@ -11,10 +11,3 @@ xcompmgr &		# xcompmgr for transparency
 dunst &			# dunst for notifications
 xset r rate 300 50 &	# Speed xrate up
 unclutter &		# Remove mouse when idle
-
-# This line autostarts an instance of Pulseaudio that does not exit on idle.
-# This is "necessary" on Artix due to a current bug between PA and
-# Chromium-based browsers where they fail to start PA and use dummy output.
-pidof -s runit &&
-	! pidof -s pulseaudio >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
-	setsid -f pulseaudio --start --exit-idle-time=-1 >/dev/null 2>&1