diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index d0f71aecd4..d96eafbc3d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1346,7 +1346,6 @@ from .youtube import (
     YoutubeSearchDateIE,
     YoutubeSearchIE,
     YoutubeSearchURLIE,
-    YoutubeSharedVideoIE,
     YoutubeShowIE,
     YoutubeSubscriptionsIE,
     YoutubeTruncatedIDIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 54f5d7279e..6e2d57d6a1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2040,39 +2040,6 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         }
 
 
-class YoutubeSharedVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?:)?//(?:www\.)?youtube\.com/shared\?.*\bci=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})'
-    IE_NAME = 'youtube:shared'
-
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=1nEzmT-M4fU',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'uPDB5I9wfp8',
-            'ext': 'webm',
-            'title': 'Pocoyo: 90 minutos de episódios completos Português para crianças - PARTE 3',
-            'description': 'md5:d9e4d9346a2dfff4c7dc4c8cec0f546d',
-            'upload_date': '20160219',
-            'uploader': 'Pocoyo - Português (BR)',
-            'uploader_id': 'PocoyoBrazil',
-        },
-        'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
-        'params': {
-            # There are already too many Youtube downloads
-            'skip_download': True,
-        },
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        real_video_id = self._html_search_meta(
-            'videoId', webpage, 'YouTube video id', fatal=True)
-
-        return self.url_result(real_video_id, YoutubeIE.ie_key())
-
-
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'YouTube.com playlists'
     _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)(?: