diff --git a/neon_core/skills/__main__.py b/neon_core/skills/__main__.py
index 356c67955..c6b3cd3ec 100644
--- a/neon_core/skills/__main__.py
+++ b/neon_core/skills/__main__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 # SOFTWARE,  EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 from neon_core.skills.service import NeonSkillService
-# from neon_core.skills.padatious_service import PadatiousService
 from neon_utils.log_utils import init_log
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_utils.process_utils import reset_sigint_handler, PIDLock as Lock
diff --git a/neon_core/skills/intent_service.py b/neon_core/skills/intent_service.py
index 8d66c888d..de99a6d0d 100644
--- a/neon_core/skills/intent_service.py
+++ b/neon_core/skills/intent_service.py
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ def handle_utterance(self, message):
                 self.bus.emit(reply)
                 return
 
-            if lang.split('-')[0] in self.supported_languages:
-                LOG.debug(f'Native language support ({lang})')
+            if message.data["lang"].split('-')[0] in self.supported_languages:
+                LOG.debug(f'Native language support ({message.data["lang"]})')
                 if message.context.get("translation_data") and \
                     message.context.get("translation_data")[0].get(
                         "was_translated"):
diff --git a/neon_core/skills/padatious_service.py b/neon_core/skills/padatious_service.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c683c6dd..000000000
--- a/neon_core/skills/padatious_service.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import mycroft.skills.intent_services.padatious_service
-from mycroft.skills.intent_services.padatious_service import PadatiousService as _svc, PadatiousIntent
-from mycroft.skills.intent_services.padatious_service import PadatiousMatcher as _match
-
-from multiprocessing.pool import Pool
-from ovos_utils import flatten_list
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG
-from mycroft.skills.intent_services.base import IntentMatch
-
-
-class PadatiousMatcher(_match):
-    def _match_level(self, utterances, limit, lang=None):
-        """Match intent and make sure a certain level of confidence is reached.
-
-        Args:
-            utterances (list of tuples): Utterances to parse, originals paired
-                                         with optional normalized version.
-            limit (float): required confidence level.
-        """
-        # we call flatten in case someone is sending the old style list of tuples
-        utterances = flatten_list(utterances)
-        if not self.has_result:
-            lang = lang or self.service.lang
-            LOG.debug(f'Padatious Matching confidence > {limit}')
-            padatious_intent = self.service.threaded_calc_intent(utterances,
-                                                                 lang)
-
-            if padatious_intent:
-                LOG.info(f"matched intent: {padatious_intent}")
-                skill_id = padatious_intent.name.split(':')[0]
-                self.ret = IntentMatch(
-                    'Padatious', padatious_intent.name,
-                    padatious_intent.matches, skill_id)
-                self.conf = padatious_intent.conf
-            self.has_result = True
-        if self.conf and self.conf > limit:
-            return self.ret
-
-
-class PadatiousService(_svc):
-    def threaded_calc_intent(self, utterances, lang):
-        lang = lang or self.lang
-        lang = lang.lower()
-        if lang in self.containers:
-            intent_container = self.containers.get(lang)
-            with Pool(16) as pool:
-                idx = 0
-                padatious_intent = None
-                for intent in pool.imap(calc_intent,
-                                        ((utt, intent_container)
-                                         for utt in utterances)):
-                    if intent:
-                        best = \
-                            padatious_intent.conf if padatious_intent else 0.0
-                        if best < intent.conf:
-                            padatious_intent = intent
-                            padatious_intent.matches['utterance'] = \
-                                utterances[idx]
-                            if intent.conf == 1.0:
-                                LOG.debug(f"Returning perfect match")
-                                return intent
-                    idx += 1
-            return padatious_intent
-
-
-def calc_intent(args):
-    utt = args[0]
-    intent_container = args[1]
-    intent = intent_container.calc_intent(utt)
-    if isinstance(intent, dict):
-        if "entities" in intent:
-            intent["matches"] = intent.pop("entities")
-        intent["sent"] = utt
-        intent = PadatiousIntent(**intent)
-    return intent
-
-
-mycroft.skills.intent_service.PadatiousMatcher = PadatiousMatcher
-mycroft.skills.intent_service.PadatiousService = PadatiousService
-
-# TODO: Remove below patches with ovos-core 0.0.8 refactor
-from ovos_bus_client.message import Message
-mycroft.skills.intent_services.padatious_service.Message = Message
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 395a059e8..5e1df7caf 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ ovos-core==0.0.7
 ovos-plugin-common-play~=0.0.5
 
 # utils
-neon-utils[network]~=1.7
+neon-utils[network,audio]~=1.7,>=1.7.1a2
+# TODO audio extra patching dependency resolution
+
 ovos-utils~=0.0.35
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0.5
 neon-transformers~=0.2