diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 8fcd19ca21..502df6a1fd 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from .extractor.generic import GenericIE
 from .extractor.googleplus import GooglePlusIE
 from .extractor.googlesearch import GoogleSearchIE
+from .extractor.infoq import InfoQIE
 from .extractor.metacafe import MetacafeIE
 from .extractor.myvideo import MyVideoIE
 from .extractor.statigram import StatigramIE
@@ -44,49 +45,6 @@
 
 
 
-class InfoQIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for infoq.com"""
-    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?infoq\.com/[^/]+/[^/]+$'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id=url)
-        self.report_extraction(url)
-
-        # Extract video URL
-        mobj = re.search(r"jsclassref ?= ?'([^']*)'", webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video url')
-        real_id = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(base64.b64decode(mobj.group(1).encode('ascii')).decode('utf-8'))
-        video_url = 'rtmpe://video.infoq.com/cfx/st/' + real_id
-
-        # Extract title
-        video_title = self._search_regex(r'contentTitle = "(.*?)";',
-            webpage, u'title')
-
-        # Extract description
-        video_description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta name="description" content="(.*)"(?:\s*/)?>',
-            webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
-
-        video_filename = video_url.split('/')[-1]
-        video_id, extension = video_filename.split('.')
-
-        info = {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'url': video_url,
-            'uploader': None,
-            'upload_date': None,
-            'title': video_title,
-            'ext': extension, # Extension is always(?) mp4, but seems to be flv
-            'thumbnail': None,
-            'description': video_description,
-        }
-
-        return [info]
-
 class MixcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
     """Information extractor for www.mixcloud.com"""
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/infoq.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/infoq.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9056742821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/infoq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import base64
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+
+class InfoQIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?infoq\.com/[^/]+/[^/]+$'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id=url)
+        self.report_extraction(url)
+
+        # Extract video URL
+        mobj = re.search(r"jsclassref ?= ?'([^']*)'", webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video url')
+        real_id = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(base64.b64decode(mobj.group(1).encode('ascii')).decode('utf-8'))
+        video_url = 'rtmpe://video.infoq.com/cfx/st/' + real_id
+
+        # Extract title
+        video_title = self._search_regex(r'contentTitle = "(.*?)";',
+            webpage, u'title')
+
+        # Extract description
+        video_description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta name="description" content="(.*)"(?:\s*/)?>',
+            webpage, u'description', fatal=False)
+
+        video_filename = video_url.split('/')[-1]
+        video_id, extension = video_filename.split('.')
+
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'uploader': None,
+            'upload_date': None,
+            'title': video_title,
+            'ext': extension, # Extension is always(?) mp4, but seems to be flv
+            'thumbnail': None,
+            'description': video_description,
+        }
+
+        return [info]
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