diff --git a/spacy/cli/_util.py b/spacy/cli/_util.py
index 296e17563..3506bdde7 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/_util.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/_util.py
@@ -404,10 +404,7 @@ def git_checkout(
             if not is_subpath_of(tmp_dir, source_path):
                 err = f"'{subpath}' is a path outside of the cloned repository."
                 msg.fail(err, repo, exits=1)
-            if source_path.is_dir():
-                shutil.copytree(str(source_path), str(dest))
-            else:
-                shutil.copy(str(source_path), str(dest))
+            shutil.copytree(str(source_path), str(dest))
         except FileNotFoundError:
             err = f"Can't clone {subpath}. Make sure the directory exists in the repo (branch '{branch}')"
             msg.fail(err, repo, exits=1)