diff --git a/acme/acme/messages.py b/acme/acme/messages.py
index 44ecb143c..61fd89dfd 100644
--- a/acme/acme/messages.py
+++ b/acme/acme/messages.py
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@ class _Constant(jose.JSONDeSerializable, Hashable):  # type: ignore
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.__class__, self.name))
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self == other
-
 
 class Status(_Constant):
     """ACME "status" field."""
diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/obj.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/obj.py
index 498766744..3cd5f0ff2 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/obj.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/obj.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ class Addr(common.Addr):
                      self.is_wildcard() and other.is_wildcard()))
         return False
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return "certbot_apache._internal.obj.Addr(" + repr(self.tup) + ")"
 
@@ -191,9 +188,6 @@ class VirtualHost(object):
 
         return False
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.filep, self.path,
                      tuple(self.addrs), tuple(self.get_names()),