diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 996f361e9440f..b2ff811071538 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         -i "pandas.Series SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.__iter__ RT03,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.add PR07" \
-        -i "pandas.Series.backfill PR01,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.case_when RT03" \
         -i "pandas.Series.cat PR07,SA01" \
         -i "pandas.Series.cat.add_categories PR01,PR02" \