diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index 4b7651d65..0ec29f3b1 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -1615,8 +1615,6 @@ def _fix_pretrained_vectors_name(nlp: Language) -> None:
         nlp.vocab.vectors.name = vectors_name
     else:
         raise ValueError(Errors.E092)
-    if nlp.vocab.vectors.size != 0:
-        link_vectors_to_models(nlp.vocab)
     for name, proc in nlp.pipeline:
         if not hasattr(proc, "cfg"):
             continue