diff --git a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pxd b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pxd
index 27d6ae92e..52e22046b 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pxd
+++ b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pxd
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ cdef class Matcher:
     cdef vector[TokenPatternC*] patterns
     cdef readonly Vocab vocab
     cdef public object _patterns
-    cdef public object _entities
     cdef public object _callbacks
     cdef public object _extensions
     cdef public object _extra_predicates
diff --git a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
index b12385d4e..374431d30 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
+++ b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ cdef class Matcher:
         """
         self._extra_predicates = []
         self._patterns = {}
-        self._entities = {}
         self._callbacks = {}
         self._extensions = {}
         self._extra_predicates = []