diff --git a/spacy/cli/templates/quickstart_training.jinja b/spacy/cli/templates/quickstart_training.jinja
index efe19d315..adad72995 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/templates/quickstart_training.jinja
+++ b/spacy/cli/templates/quickstart_training.jinja
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ factory = "{{ pipe }}"
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
 path = ${paths.train}
 max_length = {{ 500 if hardware == "gpu" else 2000 }}
-augmenter = {"@augmenters": "spacy.orth_variants.v1", "level": 0.1, "lower": 0.5}
 
 [corpora.dev]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"