diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
index 7cde073e3..df266ec70 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     sanitized_Request,
     unified_strdate,