diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 6cf511d32bfb3..c7f4d6e6f43b8 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
         else:
             return iter(self.values)
 
-    def iteritems(self, index=True):
+    def iteritems(self):
         """
         Lazily iterate over (index, value) tuples
         """