diff --git a/numpy/polynomial/_polybase.py b/numpy/polynomial/_polybase.py
index 9c9c5799424a..e807731a7bef 100644
--- a/numpy/polynomial/_polybase.py
+++ b/numpy/polynomial/_polybase.py
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ class ABCPolyBase(abc.ABC):
     # printing on windows.
     _use_unicode = not os.name == 'nt'
 
-    @property
-    def symbol(self):
-        return self._symbol
-
     @property
     def symbol(self):
         return self._symbol