diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
index e7ad04840e..a2374bb808 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/oracle/operations.py
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ class OracleOperations(DatabaseOperations, BaseSpatialOperations):
 
     truncate_params = {'relate' : None}
 
-    def __init__(self, connection):
-        super(OracleOperations, self).__init__(connection)
-
     def convert_extent(self, clob):
         if clob:
             # Generally, Oracle returns a polygon for the extent -- however,