diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index fce38248d1..76de244774 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     find_xpath_attr,
     unified_strdate,
-    get_element_by_id,
     get_element_by_attribute,
     int_or_none,
     qualities,