diff --git a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
index 98c68f1919..10bc30a24c 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/ado_mssql/base.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = True
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
diff --git a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
index 0d83785e83..faee7ab329 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(object):
 
 supports_constraints = False
 supports_tablespaces = False
-dictfetchmany = complain
 dictfetchall = complain
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {}
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
index 5c19e301f5..60af0c65bb 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
index bd3b382007..ba88042f5a 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql_old/base.py
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index eca0e2e1ea..a96056b187 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ def to_unicode(s):
         return force_unicode(s)
     return s
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 
 def get_field_cast_sql(db_type):
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
index 43f06f83fe..9420909d5a 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 dictfetchmany(cursor, number):
-    "Returns a certain number of rows from a cursor as a dict"
-    return cursor.dictfetchmany(number)
-
 def dictfetchall(cursor):
     "Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"
     return cursor.dictfetchall()
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
index ddc00f85fa..fe50c998bb 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ supports_constraints = True
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall = util.dictfetchall
 
 OPERATOR_MAPPING = {
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
index 1c8409879d..f34e23598d 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ supports_constraints = False
 supports_tablespaces = False
 uses_case_insensitive_names = False
 
-dictfetchmany = util.dictfetchmany
 dictfetchall  = util.dictfetchall
 
 def _sqlite_extract(lookup_type, dt):
diff --git a/django/db/backends/util.py b/django/db/backends/util.py
index e022380390..fc3fbfcc3d 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/util.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/util.py
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ 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 dictfetchmany(cursor, number):
-    "Returns a certain number of rows from a cursor as a dict"
-    desc = cursor.description
-    for row in cursor.fetchmany(number):
-        yield _dict_helper(desc, row)
-
 def dictfetchall(cursor):
     "Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"
     desc = cursor.description