diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index fcdbfe0bc9..aacb999ce9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1412,12 +1412,8 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
             channel_page, 'channel id', default=None)
         if channel_playlist_id and channel_playlist_id.startswith('UC'):
             playlist_id = 'UU' + channel_playlist_id[2:]
-            channel_playlist = unescapeHTML(self._search_regex(
-                r'href="/?(watch\?v=[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}&list=%s)"' % playlist_id,
-                channel_page, 'channel playlist URL', default=None))
-            if channel_playlist:
-                return self.url_result(
-                    compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, '/%s' % channel_playlist), 'YoutubePlaylist')
+            return self.url_result(
+                compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, '/playlist?list=%s' % playlist_id), 'YoutubePlaylist')
 
         channel_page = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id, 'Downloading page #1')
         autogenerated = re.search(r'''(?x)