diff --git a/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx b/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
index 4db9b1c18..365eeada8 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cdef int BINARY_COSTS = 1
 
 DEF NON_MONOTONIC = True
 DEF USE_BREAK = True
+DEF USE_SPLIT = False
 
 cdef weight_t MIN_SCORE = -90000