diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 720033ddf0..04b6999729 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_cookiejar,
     compat_cookies,
     compat_getpass,
-    compat_HTTPError,
     compat_http_client,
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,