diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index bcdb93ef2..c7de79424 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ class Language(object):
         self.pipeline = []
         self._optimizer = None
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        bytes_data = self.to_bytes(vocab=False)
-        return (unpickle_language, (self.vocab, self.meta, bytes_data))
-
     @property
     def path(self):
         return self._path
@@ -724,12 +720,6 @@ class DisabledPipes(list):
         self[:] = []
 
 
-def unpickle_language(vocab, meta, bytes_data):
-    lang = Language(vocab=vocab)
-    lang.from_bytes(bytes_data)
-    return lang
-
-
 def _pipe(func, docs):
     for doc in docs:
         func(doc)