diff --git a/bindings/python/src/pre_tokenizers.rs b/bindings/python/src/pre_tokenizers.rs
index b1c11730..07dae094 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/pre_tokenizers.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/pre_tokenizers.rs
@@ -382,9 +382,7 @@ impl Serialize for PyPreTokenizerWrapper {
                 ser.end()
             }
             PyPreTokenizerWrapper::Wrapped(inner) => inner.serialize(serializer),
-            PyPreTokenizerWrapper::Custom(_) => {
-                unreachable!("Custom pretokenizers are currently disabled, how did you get here?")
-            }
+            PyPreTokenizerWrapper::Custom(inner) => inner.serialize(serializer),
         }
     }
 }