diff --git a/sklearn/utils/_pprint.py b/sklearn/utils/_pprint.py
index a0eb31685f37c..9b33cd617a5fc 100644
--- a/sklearn/utils/_pprint.py
+++ b/sklearn/utils/_pprint.py
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 
 import inspect
 import pprint
-from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from .._config import get_config
 from ..base import BaseEstimator
@@ -200,10 +199,8 @@ def _pprint_estimator(self, object, stream, indent, allowance, context, level):
         else:
             params = object.get_params(deep=False)
 
-        params = OrderedDict((name, val) for (name, val) in sorted(params.items()))
-
         self._format_params(
-            params.items(), stream, indent, allowance + 1, context, level
+            sorted(params.items()), stream, indent, allowance + 1, context, level
         )
         stream.write(")")