diff --git a/platypush/config/config.yaml b/platypush/config/config.yaml
index 434220eb..335698bf 100644
--- a/platypush/config/config.yaml
+++ b/platypush/config/config.yaml
@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ backend.http:
 #
 # tts:
 #     # The media plugin that should be used to play the audio response
-#     media_plugin: media.vlc
 #     # The default language of the voice
 #     language: en-gb
 ###
@@ -740,8 +739,6 @@ backend.http:
 # # account.
 #
 # tts.google:
-#     # The media plugin that should be used to play the audio response
-#     media_plugin: media.vlc
 #     # The default language of the voice
 #     language: en-US
 #     # The gender of the voice (MALE or FEMALE)
diff --git a/platypush/utils/__init__.py b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
index 69e9e5cc..eaeb4057 100644
--- a/platypush/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
@@ -773,4 +773,11 @@ def is_debug_enabled() -> bool:
     return (Config.get('logging') or {}).get('level') == logging.DEBUG
 
 
+def get_default_downloads_dir() -> str:
+    """
+    :return: The default downloads directory.
+    """
+    return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'Downloads')
+
+
 # vim:sw=4:ts=4:et: