diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23b8c5e88..9a3377fa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,13 +5,23 @@ All notable changes to **Pipecat** will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Pipecat 0.0.69 forced `uvloop` event loop on Linux on macOS. Unfortunately,
+  this is causing issue in some systems. So, `uvloop` is not enabled by default
+  anymore. If you want to use `uvloop` you can just set the `asyncio` event
+  policy before starting your agent with:
+
+```python
+asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+```
+
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fixed an issue where `OutputAudioRawFrame.transport_destination` was being 
-  reset to `None` instead of retaining its intended value before sending the 
+- Fixed an issue where `OutputAudioRawFrame.transport_destination` was being
+  reset to `None` instead of retaining its intended value before sending the
   audio frame to `write_audio_frame`.
 
 - Fixed a typo in Livekit transport that prevented initialization.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f9ff9f9d..06c924d12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyloudnorm~=0.1.1",
     "resampy~=0.4.3",
     "soxr~=0.5.0",
-    "openai~=1.70.0",
-    "uvloop~=0.21.0; sys_platform!='win32'"
+    "openai~=1.70.0"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/__init__.py b/src/pipecat/__init__.py
index fe1bc421e..de89130cc 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
 #
 
-import asyncio
 import sys
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
@@ -12,18 +11,4 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 __version__ = version("pipecat-ai")
 
-event_loop = "asyncio"
-
-if sys.platform in ("linux", "darwin"):
-    try:
-        import asyncio
-
-        import uvloop
-
-        event_loop = f"uvloop {uvloop.__version__}"
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
-    except ImportError:
-        logger.debug(f"Couldn't find `uvloop`")
-        pass
-
-logger.info(f"ᓚᘏᗢ Pipecat {__version__} ({event_loop}; Python {sys.version}) ᓚᘏᗢ")
+logger.info(f"ᓚᘏᗢ Pipecat {__version__} (Python {sys.version}) ᓚᘏᗢ")