Yes, I ran MetONTIIME which includes vsearch dereplication before classification
echo -e "\nqiime vsearch dereplicate-sequences"
time qiime vsearch dereplicate-sequences \
--i-sequences sequences.qza \
--o-dereplicated-table table_tmp.qza \
--o-dereplicated-sequences rep-seqs_tmp.qza
echo -e "\nqiime vsearch cluster-features-de-novo"
time qiime vsearch cluster-features-de-novo \
--i-sequences rep-seqs_tmp.qza \
--i-table table_tmp.qza \
--p-perc-identity 1 \
--o-clustered-table table.qza \
--o-clustered-sequences rep-seqs.qza \
--p-threads $THREADS