diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index 28fddfebb69..f0928b1f96d 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -757,8 +757,6 @@ def pipe(
 
         DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/language#pipe
         """
-        # raw_texts will be used later to stop iterator.
-        texts, raw_texts = itertools.tee(texts)
         if is_python2 and n_process != 1:
             user_warning(Warnings.W023)
             n_process = 1