Don’t get your hopes up, Houston, when it comes to Lyft coming back soon and adding to the city’s ride-hailing market.

Despite some internet chatter and radio ads, company spokeswoman Chelsea Wilson said the smartphone app company that connects drivers and riders isn’t driving back into the market.

“We will not relaunch in Houston while a mandatory fingerprinting requirement is in place,” Wilson said Tuesday in a statement. “Lyft doesn't operate our peer-to-peer service in any market with mandatory fingerprinting.”

Lyft left Houston in November 2014, when the new requirements including the fingerprinting mandate went into effect. That essentially left Uber – the largest company in the emerging app-based transportation industry – as the only big ride-hailing game in town.

While some smaller competitors have emerged, Uber continues to dominate the market, though the company last month warned Houston officials the fingerprint checks could drive them away. City officials responded that they will not compromise what they think are necessary public safety measures to accommodate the companies.

Both companies said they will happily work with Houston to develop what they consider better rules.

Voters in Austin on Saturday will decide if the Texas capitol should keep rules similar to Houston’s, or adopt rules preferred by Uber and Lyft.