diff --git a/spacy/matcher.pyx b/spacy/matcher.pyx
index 98772e271..7575d4648 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher.pyx
+++ b/spacy/matcher.pyx
@@ -194,9 +194,6 @@ cdef class Matcher:
             for spec in specs:
                 self.add_pattern(entity_key, spec, label=etype)
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        return (self.__class__, (self.vocab, self._patterns), None, None)
-    
     property n_patterns:
         def __get__(self): return self.patterns.size()