diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
index a1857f7bd3f6b..272c6ef4f9267 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
@@ -258,10 +258,6 @@ class DatetimeArray(dtl.DatetimeLikeArrayMixin,
                              'normalize', 'strftime', 'round', 'floor',
                              'ceil', 'month_name', 'day_name']
 
-    # dummy attribute so that datetime.__eq__(DatetimeArray) defers
-    # by returning NotImplemented
-    timetuple = None
-
     # Needed so that Timestamp.__richcmp__(DateTimeArray) operates pointwise
     ndim = 1
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 885c499c58dfa..051e4251514e5 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ class NDFrame(PandasObject, SelectionMixin):
     _metadata = []
     _is_copy = None
 
-    # dummy attribute so that datetime.__eq__(Series/DataFrame) defers
-    # by returning NotImplemented
-    timetuple = None
-
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Constructors
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
index ff6d80dbadded..d6b95785eaec2 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ def _join_i8_wrapper(joinf, **kwargs):
     _comparables = ['name', 'freqstr', 'tz']
     _attributes = ['name', 'tz', 'freq']
 
-    # dummy attribute so that datetime.__eq__(DatetimeArray) defers
-    # by returning NotImplemented
-    timetuple = None
-
     _is_numeric_dtype = False
     _infer_as_myclass = True