diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py b/pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py
index b428155e722ff..52c9a8b78a328 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py
@@ -204,12 +204,6 @@ def __internal_pivot_table(
         table = agged.unstack(to_unstack)
 
     if not dropna:
-        if isinstance(table.index, MultiIndex):
-            m = MultiIndex.from_arrays(
-                cartesian_product(table.index.levels), names=table.index.names
-            )
-            table = table.reindex(m, axis=0)
-
         if isinstance(table.columns, MultiIndex):
             m = MultiIndex.from_arrays(
                 cartesian_product(table.columns.levels), names=table.columns.names