diff --git a/pandas/core/apply.py b/pandas/core/apply.py
index fa4fbe711fbe4..c5260deafc0c3 100644
--- a/pandas/core/apply.py
+++ b/pandas/core/apply.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def frame_apply(
     axis: Axis = 0,
     raw: bool = False,
     result_type: Optional[str] = None,
-    ignore_failures: bool = False,
     args=None,
     kwds=None,
 ):
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ def frame_apply(
         func,
         raw=raw,
         result_type=result_type,
-        ignore_failures=ignore_failures,
         args=args,
         kwds=kwds,
     )
@@ -84,13 +82,11 @@ def __init__(
         func,
         raw: bool,
         result_type: Optional[str],
-        ignore_failures: bool,
         args,
         kwds,
     ):
         self.obj = obj
         self.raw = raw
-        self.ignore_failures = ignore_failures
         self.args = args or ()
         self.kwds = kwds or {}
 
@@ -283,29 +279,14 @@ def apply_series_generator(self) -> Tuple[ResType, "Index"]:
 
         results = {}
 
-        if self.ignore_failures:
-            successes = []
+        with option_context("mode.chained_assignment", None):
             for i, v in enumerate(series_gen):
-                try:
-                    results[i] = self.f(v)
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    successes.append(i)
-
-            # so will work with MultiIndex
-            if len(successes) < len(res_index):
-                res_index = res_index.take(successes)
-
-        else:
-            with option_context("mode.chained_assignment", None):
-                for i, v in enumerate(series_gen):
-                    # ignore SettingWithCopy here in case the user mutates
-                    results[i] = self.f(v)
-                    if isinstance(results[i], ABCSeries):
-                        # If we have a view on v, we need to make a copy because
-                        #  series_generator will swap out the underlying data
-                        results[i] = results[i].copy(deep=False)
+                # ignore SettingWithCopy here in case the user mutates
+                results[i] = self.f(v)
+                if isinstance(results[i], ABCSeries):
+                    # If we have a view on v, we need to make a copy because
+                    #  series_generator will swap out the underlying data
+                    results[i] = results[i].copy(deep=False)
 
         return results, res_index
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/apply/test_frame_apply.py b/pandas/tests/frame/apply/test_frame_apply.py
index 162035b53d68d..f080d4b8bcc36 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/apply/test_frame_apply.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/apply/test_frame_apply.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import DataFrame, MultiIndex, Series, Timestamp, date_range, notna
 import pandas._testing as tm
-from pandas.core.apply import frame_apply
 from pandas.core.base import SpecificationError
 from pandas.tests.frame.common import zip_frames
 
@@ -267,13 +266,6 @@ def test_apply_axis1(self, float_frame):
         tapplied = float_frame.apply(np.mean, axis=1)
         assert tapplied[d] == np.mean(float_frame.xs(d))
 
-    def test_apply_ignore_failures(self, float_string_frame):
-        result = frame_apply(
-            float_string_frame, np.mean, 0, ignore_failures=True
-        ).apply_standard()
-        expected = float_string_frame._get_numeric_data().apply(np.mean)
-        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
-
     def test_apply_mixed_dtype_corner(self):
         df = DataFrame({"A": ["foo"], "B": [1.0]})
         result = df[:0].apply(np.mean, axis=1)