diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index f420b81482..15208f47f3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -879,58 +879,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
                 if self._downloader.params.get('youtube_print_sig_code'):
                     self._print_sig_code(func, len(s))
                 return func(s)
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as e:
                 tb = traceback.format_exc()
-                self._downloader.report_warning(
-                    u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb)
-
-            self._downloader.report_warning(
-                u'Warning: Falling back to static signature algorithm')
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    u'Automatic signature extraction failed: ' + tb, cause=e)
 
         return self._static_decrypt_signature(
             s, video_id, player_url, age_gate)
 
-    def _static_decrypt_signature(self, s, video_id, player_url, age_gate):
-        if age_gate:
-            # The videos with age protection use another player, so the
-            # algorithms can be different.
-            if len(s) == 86:
-                return s[2:63] + s[82] + s[64:82] + s[63]
-
-        if len(s) == 93:
-            return s[86:29:-1] + s[88] + s[28:5:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 92:
-            return s[25] + s[3:25] + s[0] + s[26:42] + s[79] + s[43:79] + s[91] + s[80:83]
-        elif len(s) == 91:
-            return s[84:27:-1] + s[86] + s[26:5:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 90:
-            return s[25] + s[3:25] + s[2] + s[26:40] + s[77] + s[41:77] + s[89] + s[78:81]
-        elif len(s) == 89:
-            return s[84:78:-1] + s[87] + s[77:60:-1] + s[0] + s[59:3:-1]
-        elif len(s) == 88:
-            return s[7:28] + s[87] + s[29:45] + s[55] + s[46:55] + s[2] + s[56:87] + s[28]
-        elif len(s) == 87:
-            return s[6:27] + s[4] + s[28:39] + s[27] + s[40:59] + s[2] + s[60:]
-        elif len(s) == 86:
-            return s[80:72:-1] + s[16] + s[71:39:-1] + s[72] + s[38:16:-1] + s[82] + s[15::-1]
-        elif len(s) == 85:
-            return s[3:11] + s[0] + s[12:55] + s[84] + s[56:84]
-        elif len(s) == 84:
-            return s[78:70:-1] + s[14] + s[69:37:-1] + s[70] + s[36:14:-1] + s[80] + s[:14][::-1]
-        elif len(s) == 83:
-            return s[80:63:-1] + s[0] + s[62:0:-1] + s[63]
-        elif len(s) == 82:
-            return s[80:37:-1] + s[7] + s[36:7:-1] + s[0] + s[6:0:-1] + s[37]
-        elif len(s) == 81:
-            return s[56] + s[79:56:-1] + s[41] + s[55:41:-1] + s[80] + s[40:34:-1] + s[0] + s[33:29:-1] + s[34] + s[28:9:-1] + s[29] + s[8:0:-1] + s[9]
-        elif len(s) == 80:
-            return s[1:19] + s[0] + s[20:68] + s[19] + s[69:80]
-        elif len(s) == 79:
-            return s[54] + s[77:54:-1] + s[39] + s[53:39:-1] + s[78] + s[38:34:-1] + s[0] + s[33:29:-1] + s[34] + s[28:9:-1] + s[29] + s[8:0:-1] + s[9]
-
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to decrypt signature, key length %d not supported; retrying might work' % (len(s)))
-
     def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
         try:
             sub_list = self._download_webpage(