diff --git a/django/db/backends/base/operations.py b/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
index e7cf6243dc..0c9365ad19 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations(object):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('subclasses of BaseDatabaseOperations may require a date_extract_sql() method')
 
-    def date_interval_sql(self, sql, connector, timedelta):
+    def date_interval_sql(self, timedelta):
         """
         Implements the date interval functionality for expressions
         """
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 1e02832a6c..26b9a72d23 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@ those writing third-party backends in updating their code:
 * The ``SQLCompiler.as_sql()`` method now takes a ``subquery`` parameter
   (:ticket:`24164`).
 
+* The ``BaseDatabaseOperations.date_interval_sql()`` method now only takes a
+  ``timedelta`` parameter.
+
 :mod:`django.contrib.admin`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~