diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index a3b21e13a9..688ed412c7 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ class VimeoIE(InfoExtractor):
 			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video title')
 			return
 		video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
-		simple_title = _simple_title(video_title)
+		simple_title = _simplify_title(video_title)
 
 		# Extract uploader
 		mobj = re.search(r'<uploader_url>http://vimeo.com/(.*?)</uploader_url>', webpage)