diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ninecninemedia.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ninecninemedia.py
index 875665d43..65754c5e7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ninecninemedia.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ninecninemedia.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import compat_str
 from ..utils import (
     parse_iso8601,
     float_or_none,