      @classmethod
      def is_available(cls):
 diff --git a/phonemizer/backend/festival.py b/phonemizer/backend/festival.py
-index b5bc56d..0833160 100644
+index 3037be5..684ffff 100644
 --- a/phonemizer/backend/festival.py
 +++ b/phonemizer/backend/festival.py
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class FestivalBackend(BaseBackend):
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class FestivalBackend(BaseBackend):
          if _FESTIVAL_DEFAULT_PATH:
              return _FESTIVAL_DEFAULT_PATH
  

diff --git a/phonemizer/backend/espeak.py b/phonemizer/backend/espeak.py
index 387c11c..ceb5e7e 100644
--- a/phonemizer/backend/espeak.py
+++ b/phonemizer/backend/espeak.py
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ class BaseEspeakBackend(BaseBackend):
         if _ESPEAK_DEFAULT_PATH:
             return _ESPEAK_DEFAULT_PATH
 

 
     @classmethod
     def is_available(cls):
diff --git a/test/test_punctuation.py b/test/test_punctuation.py
index 6ed642a..08060df 100644
--- a/test/test_punctuation.py
+++ b/test/test_punctuation.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ESPEAK_143 = (EspeakBackend.version(as_tuple=True) >= (1, 49, 3))
 ESPEAK_150 = (EspeakBackend.version(as_tuple=True) >= (1, 50))
 
 # True if we are using festival>=2.5
-FESTIVAL_25 = (FestivalBackend.version(as_tuple=True) >= (2, 5))
+FESTIVAL_25 = False
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
