diff --git a/src/Service/MenuLinkTreeHandler.php b/src/Service/MenuLinkTreeHandler.php
--- a/src/Service/MenuLinkTreeHandler.php	(revision db5252c4478dda9f3fcfc3cc05582393d127afff)
+++ b/src/Service/MenuLinkTreeHandler.php	(revision e20bb7613590f5e969c93f9cd93d4aee1473154e)
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
         ->getStorage('menu_link_content')
         ->load($metadata['entity_id']);
     }
-    else {
-      $menu_item = $this->entityTypeManager
-        ->getStorage('menu_link_content')
-        ->create($link->getPluginDefinition());
-    }
     if ($menu_item) {
       $menu_item = $this->entityRepository->getTranslationFromContext($menu_item);
     }