diff --git a/src/nlp/nlp_model.ts b/src/nlp/nlp_model.ts
index fd8d28f30..6d79d2e05 100644
--- a/src/nlp/nlp_model.ts
+++ b/src/nlp/nlp_model.ts
@@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ export default class NLPModel {
         }
     }
 
-    private async _download() {
-        this._localdir = await AbstractFS.download(this._modeldir + '/');
-    }
-
     public static orderedPairsFor(
         record : Record<string, any>,
         omit : string[] = [],