diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/videodetective.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/videodetective.py
index a19411a05..fe70db713 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/videodetective.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/videodetective.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_urlparse
 from .internetvideoarchive import InternetVideoArchiveIE
 
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ class VideoDetectiveIE(InfoExtractor):
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '194487',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'KICK-ASS 2',
+            'title': 'Kick-Ass 2',
             'description': 'md5:c189d5b7280400630a1d3dd17eaa8d8a',
         },
         'params': {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ class VideoDetectiveIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        og_video = self._og_search_video_url(webpage)
-        query = compat_urlparse.urlparse(og_video).query
-        return self.url_result(InternetVideoArchiveIE._build_json_url(query), ie=InternetVideoArchiveIE.ie_key())
+        query = 'customerid=69249&publishedid=' + video_id
+        return self.url_result(
+            InternetVideoArchiveIE._build_json_url(query),
+            ie=InternetVideoArchiveIE.ie_key())