diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index e97076b77..8efcc618e 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ class Language(object):
     def __reduce__(self):
         args = (
             None, # data_dir
-            None, # model
             self.vocab,
             self.tokenizer,
             self.tagger,