diff --git a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
index 10bc30a24c..fe7daaf765 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = True
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
-
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
     'exact': '= %s',
     'iexact': 'LIKE %s',
diff --git a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
index faee7ab329..94fa3e1c23 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(object):
 
 supports_constraints = False
 supports_tablespaces = False
-dictfetchall = complain
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {}
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
index 60af0c65bb..1501508b4c 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
-
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
     'exact': '= %s',
     'iexact': 'LIKE %s',
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
index ba88042f5a..296a576e26 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
-
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
     'exact': '= %s',
     'iexact': 'LIKE %s',
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index a96056b187..842efde35c 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ def to_unicode(s):
         return force_unicode(s)
     return s
 
-dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
-
 def get_field_cast_sql(db_type):
     if db_type.endswith('LOB'):
         return "DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(%s%s)"
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
index 9420909d5a..a7239d183f 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-def dictfetchall(cursor):
-    "Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"
-    return cursor.dictfetchall()
-
 def typecast_string(s):
     """
     Cast all returned strings to unicode strings.
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
index fe50c998bb..f844f3ea15 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchall = util.dictfetchall
-
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
     'exact': '= %s',
     'iexact': 'ILIKE %s',
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
index f34e23598d..96f88dfa17 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ supports_constraints = False
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
-
 def _sqlite_extract(lookup_type, dt):
     try:
         dt = util.typecast_timestamp(dt)
diff --git a/django/db/backends/util.py b/django/db/backends/util.py
index fc3fbfcc3d..bd66a1ddbe 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/util.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/util.py
@@ -132,9 +132,3 @@ def truncate_name(name, length=None):
 def _dict_helper(desc, row):
     "Returns a dictionary for the given cursor.description and result row."
     return dict(zip([col[0] for col in desc], row))
-
-def dictfetchall(cursor):
-    "Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"
-    desc = cursor.description
-    for row in cursor.fetchall():
-        yield _dict_helper(desc, row)