diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index cbe8dcbca34..a072cf18979 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ class TestCase(object):
 
         return self._testMethodName == other._testMethodName
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self == other
-
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((type(self), self._testMethodName))