diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py
index 8e25ecf280..d1c46ccb34 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ class WDRMausIE(InfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         param_code = self._html_search_regex(
@@ -224,5 +223,3 @@ class WDRMausIE(InfoExtractor):
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,
             'upload_date': upload_date,
         }
-
-# TODO test _1