diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 0963485139..229dfda1bc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     unified_strdate,
     unsmuggle_url,
     UnsupportedError,
-    url_or_none,
     xpath_text,
 )
 from .commonprotocols import RtmpIE