diff --git a/django/utils/archive.py b/django/utils/archive.py
index b26924cc2a..15326eb18c 100644
--- a/django/utils/archive.py
+++ b/django/utils/archive.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class UnrecognizedArchiveFormat(ArchiveException):
     """
 
 
-def extract(path, to_path=''):
+def extract(path, to_path):
     """
     Unpack the tar or zip file at the specified path to the directory
     specified by to_path.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Archive:
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
         self.close()
 
-    def extract(self, to_path=''):
+    def extract(self, to_path):
         self._archive.extract(to_path)
 
     def list(self):
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
index d58d211ae5..feb1f12f00 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ class ArchiveTester:
             archive.extract(self.tmpdir)
         self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
 
-    def test_extract_method_no_to_path(self):
-        os.chdir(self.tmpdir)
-        with Archive(self.archive_path) as archive:
-            archive.extract()
-        self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
-
     def test_extract_function(self):
         extract(self.archive_path, self.tmpdir)
         self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
@@ -59,11 +53,6 @@ class ArchiveTester:
         extract(self.archive_lead_path, self.tmpdir)
         self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
 
-    def test_extract_function_no_to_path(self):
-        os.chdir(self.tmpdir)
-        extract(self.archive_path)
-        self.check_files(self.tmpdir)
-
     def check_files(self, tmpdir):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, '1')))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, '2')))