diff --git a/spacy/vocab.pyx b/spacy/vocab.pyx
index 13dd675af..7af780457 100644
--- a/spacy/vocab.pyx
+++ b/spacy/vocab.pyx
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ cdef class Vocab:
 
         setters = {
             "strings": lambda b: self.strings.from_bytes(b),
-            "lexemes": lambda b: self.lexemes_from_bytes(b),
             "vectors": lambda b: serialize_vectors(b),
             "lookups": lambda b: self.lookups.from_bytes(b),
         }
diff --git a/website/docs/api/vocab.md b/website/docs/api/vocab.md
index 40a3c3b22..c37b27a0e 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/vocab.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/vocab.md
@@ -325,6 +325,5 @@ serialization by passing in the string names via the `exclude` argument.
 | Name      | Description                                           |
 | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
 | `strings` | The strings in the [`StringStore`](/api/stringstore). |
-| `lexemes` | The lexeme data.                                      |
 | `vectors` | The word vectors, if available.                       |
 | `lookups` | The lookup tables, if available.                      |