diff --git a/spacy/cli/link.py b/spacy/cli/link.py
index 781adda2c..e5d590e5a 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/link.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/link.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def link_package(package_name, link_name, force=False):
 
 def symlink(model_path, link_name, force):
     model_path = Path(model_path)
-    if not Path(model_path).exists():
+    if not model_path.exists():
         util.sys_exit(
             "The data should be located in {p}".format(p=model_path),
             title="Can't locate model data")