diff --git a/newspaper/text.py b/newspaper/text.py
index d2bbc5af..b5f02330 100644
--- a/newspaper/text.py
+++ b/newspaper/text.py
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ def set_word_count(self, cnt):
 
 
 class StopWords(object):
-
-    PUNCTUATION = re.compile(
-        "[^\\p{Ll}\\p{Lu}\\p{Lt}\\p{Lo}\\p{Nd}\\p{Pc}\\s]")
     TRANS_TABLE = str.maketrans('', '')
     _cached_stop_words = {}