diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/franceinter.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/franceinter.py
index 90a17815d..fdc51f44f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/franceinter.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/franceinter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import int_or_none
 
@@ -23,8 +21,7 @@ class FranceInterIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)