diff --git a/abogen/constants.py b/abogen/constants.py
index 87bc87b..f8c325d 100644
--- a/abogen/constants.py
+++ b/abogen/constants.py
@@ -63,64 +63,6 @@ SUPPORTED_INPUT_FORMATS = [
 # 384 if self.lang_code in 'ab':
 SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES_FOR_SUBTITLE_GENERATION = list(LANGUAGE_DESCRIPTIONS.keys())
 
-# Voice and sample text constants
-VOICES_INTERNAL = [
-    "af_alloy",
-    "af_aoede",
-    "af_bella",
-    "af_heart",
-    "af_jessica",
-    "af_kore",
-    "af_nicole",
-    "af_nova",
-    "af_river",
-    "af_sarah",
-    "af_sky",
-    "am_adam",
-    "am_echo",
-    "am_eric",
-    "am_fenrir",
-    "am_liam",
-    "am_michael",
-    "am_onyx",
-    "am_puck",
-    "am_santa",
-    "bf_alice",
-    "bf_emma",
-    "bf_isabella",
-    "bf_lily",
-    "bm_daniel",
-    "bm_fable",
-    "bm_george",
-    "bm_lewis",
-    "ef_dora",
-    "em_alex",
-    "em_santa",
-    "ff_siwis",
-    "hf_alpha",
-    "hf_beta",
-    "hm_omega",
-    "hm_psi",
-    "if_sara",
-    "im_nicola",
-    "jf_alpha",
-    "jf_gongitsune",
-    "jf_nezumi",
-    "jf_tebukuro",
-    "jm_kumo",
-    "pf_dora",
-    "pm_alex",
-    "pm_santa",
-    "zf_xiaobei",
-    "zf_xiaoni",
-    "zf_xiaoxiao",
-    "zf_xiaoyi",
-    "zm_yunjian",
-    "zm_yunxi",
-    "zm_yunxia",
-    "zm_yunyang",
-]
-
 # Voice and sample text mapping
 SAMPLE_VOICE_TEXTS = {
     "a": "This is a sample of the selected voice.",
diff --git a/abogen/tts_backends/kokoro.py b/abogen/tts_backends/kokoro.py
index 1bab1a4..9a4d7e9 100644
--- a/abogen/tts_backends/kokoro.py
+++ b/abogen/tts_backends/kokoro.py
@@ -10,14 +10,72 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from abogen.constants import VOICES_INTERNAL
 from abogen.tts_backend import TTSBackendMetadata
 
+# Internal voice list — source of truth for Kokoro voices.
+# The rest of the project accesses voices via get_metadata("kokoro").voices.
+_VOICES_INTERNAL = [
+    "af_alloy",
+    "af_aoede",
+    "af_bella",
+    "af_heart",
+    "af_jessica",
+    "af_kore",
+    "af_nicole",
+    "af_nova",
+    "af_river",
+    "af_sarah",
+    "af_sky",
+    "am_adam",
+    "am_echo",
+    "am_eric",
+    "am_fenrir",
+    "am_liam",
+    "am_michael",
+    "am_onyx",
+    "am_puck",
+    "am_santa",
+    "bf_alice",
+    "bf_emma",
+    "bf_isabella",
+    "bf_lily",
+    "bm_daniel",
+    "bm_fable",
+    "bm_george",
+    "bm_lewis",
+    "ef_dora",
+    "em_alex",
+    "em_santa",
+    "ff_siwis",
+    "hf_alpha",
+    "hf_beta",
+    "hm_omega",
+    "hm_psi",
+    "if_sara",
+    "im_nicola",
+    "jf_alpha",
+    "jf_gongitsune",
+    "jf_nezumi",
+    "jf_tebukuro",
+    "jm_kumo",
+    "pf_dora",
+    "pm_alex",
+    "pm_santa",
+    "zf_xiaobei",
+    "zf_xiaoni",
+    "zf_xiaoxiao",
+    "zf_xiaoyi",
+    "zm_yunjian",
+    "zm_yunxi",
+    "zm_yunxia",
+    "zm_yunyang",
+]
+
 _KOKORO_METADATA = TTSBackendMetadata(
     id="kokoro",
     name="Kokoro",
     description="Kokoro TTS engine",
-    voices=tuple(VOICES_INTERNAL),
+    voices=tuple(_VOICES_INTERNAL),
 )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conversion_voice_resolution.py b/tests/test_conversion_voice_resolution.py
index e791306..75f09b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversion_voice_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversion_voice_resolution.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import cast
 
-from abogen.constants import VOICES_INTERNAL
+from abogen.tts_backend_registry import get_metadata
 from abogen.webui.conversion_runner import (
     _chapter_voice_spec,
     _chunk_voice_spec,
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ def test_voice_collection_includes_formula_components():
     voices = _collect_required_voice_ids(job)
 
     assert {"af_nova", "am_liam"}.issubset(voices)
-    assert voices.issuperset(VOICES_INTERNAL)
+    assert voices.issuperset(get_metadata("kokoro").voices)
diff --git a/tests/test_voice_cache.py b/tests/test_voice_cache.py
index c428b3a..e5ce9a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_voice_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_voice_cache.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import cast
 
 import pytest
 
-from abogen.constants import VOICES_INTERNAL
+from abogen.tts_backend_registry import get_metadata
 from abogen.voice_cache import (
     LocalEntryNotFoundError,
     _CACHED_VOICES,
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ def test_collect_required_voice_ids_includes_all():
     voices = _collect_required_voice_ids(cast(Job, job))
 
     assert {"af_nova", "am_liam", "am_michael"}.issubset(voices)
-    assert voices.issuperset(VOICES_INTERNAL)
+    assert voices.issuperset(get_metadata("kokoro").voices)