diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers.py b/pandas/io/parsers.py
index dd972150de0fe..8a118b1379a29 100755
--- a/pandas/io/parsers.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers.py
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ def parser_f(filepath_or_buffer,
                  skipfooter=None,
                  skip_footer=0,
                  na_values=None,
-                 na_fvalues=None,
                  true_values=None,
                  false_values=None,
                  delimiter=None,
@@ -431,7 +430,6 @@ def parser_f(filepath_or_buffer,
                     prefix=prefix,
                     skiprows=skiprows,
                     na_values=na_values,
-                    na_fvalues=na_fvalues,
                     true_values=true_values,
                     false_values=false_values,
                     keep_default_na=keep_default_na,