diff --git a/dangerzone/isolation_provider/base.py b/dangerzone/isolation_provider/base.py
index 3675718..1edaed9 100644
--- a/dangerzone/isolation_provider/base.py
+++ b/dangerzone/isolation_provider/base.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ class IsolationProvider(ABC):
             return pixmap.pdfocr_tobytes(
                 compress=True,
                 language=ocr_lang,
-                tessdata=get_tessdata_dir(),
             )
 
     def pixels_to_pdf_page(