diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
index e84220807c4e0835af474410bf6153cf437aee74..9d20fb99d9ce91bfa5ebd3cbdb6aa8f95248a296 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ public function uri($rel = 'canonical') {
 
     // Pass the entity data to url() so that alter functions do not need to
     // look up this entity again.
-    $uri['options']['entity_type'] = $this->entityType;
     $uri['options']['entity'] = $this;
     return $uri;
   }