diff --git a/test/test_download.py b/test/test_download.py
index 6a149ae4f..77fdb4e9a 100644
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def generator(test_case):
                     # We're not using .download here sine that is just a shim
                     # for outside error handling, and returns the exit code
                     # instead of the result dict.
-                    res_dict = ydl.extract_info(test_case['url'])
+                    res_dict = ydl.extract_info(test_case['url'], download=True)
                 except (DownloadError, ExtractorError) as err:
                     # Check if the exception is not a network related one
                     if not err.exc_info[0] in (compat_urllib_error.URLError, socket.timeout, UnavailableVideoError, compat_http_client.BadStatusLine) or (err.exc_info[0] == compat_HTTPError and err.exc_info[1].code == 503):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index e779fc9a8..560d92bfa 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         for key, value in extra_info.items():
             info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
 
-    def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
+    def extract_info(self, url, download=False, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
                      process=True):
         '''
         Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         for url in url_list:
             try:
                 # It also downloads the videos
-                res = self.extract_info(url)
+                res = self.extract_info(url, download=True)
             except UnavailableVideoError:
                 self.report_error('unable to download video')
             except MaxDownloadsReached: