diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 494be337a..6468fbddb 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -646,10 +646,6 @@ class Image:
             and self.tobytes() == other.tobytes()
         )
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        eq = self == other
-        return not eq
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s.%s image mode=%s size=%dx%d at 0x%X>" % (
             self.__class__.__module__,