diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 8b11f7f7a..0ec23a365 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .youtube import YoutubeIE
 from ..utils import (
-    compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_xml_parse_error,