diff --git a/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py b/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py
index e475f8ef4..87c89248b 100644
--- a/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py
+++ b/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ def hybrid(
         # Set hybrid search to only query the other search-type if one of the two is not set
         if query is None:
             alpha = 1
-        if vector is None:
-            alpha = 0
 
         hybrid_search = (
             search_get_pb2.Hybrid(