From 7ec90b9898b88d7160c6159e6f20da8bc7164138 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yen Chi Hsuan <yan12125@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:47:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [__init__] Don't download thumbnails if --skip-download is
 used

---
 youtube_dl/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4905674ad..4a0c9c179 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             'key': 'EmbedThumbnail',
             'already_have_thumbnail': already_have_thumbnail
         })
-        if not already_have_thumbnail:
+        if not already_have_thumbnail and not opts.skip_download:
             opts.writethumbnail = True
     # Please keep ExecAfterDownload towards the bottom as it allows the user to modify the final file in any way.
     # So if the user is able to remove the file before your postprocessor runs it might cause a few problems.