diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index bbc0a219a..06b3d5e24 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ from .ndr import (
 from .ndtv import NDTVIE
 from .netzkino import NetzkinoIE
 from .nerdcubed import NerdCubedFeedIE
-from .nerdist import NerdistIE
 from .neteasemusic import (
     NetEaseMusicIE,
     NetEaseMusicAlbumIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nerdist.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nerdist.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6dc34be4..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nerdist.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-
-from ..utils import (
-    determine_ext,
-    parse_iso8601,
-    xpath_text,
-)
-
-
-class NerdistIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nerdist\.com/vepisode/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/exclusive-which-dc-characters-w',
-        'md5': '3698ed582931b90d9e81e02e26e89f23',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'display_id': 'exclusive-which-dc-characters-w',
-            'id': 'RPHpvJyr',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Your TEEN TITANS Revealed! Who\'s on the show?',
-            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*/thumbs/.*\.jpg$',
-            'description': 'Exclusive: Find out which DC Comics superheroes will star in TEEN TITANS Live-Action TV Show on Nerdist News with Jessica Chobot!',
-            'uploader': 'Eric Diaz',
-            'upload_date': '20150202',
-            'timestamp': 1422892808,
-        }
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        display_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-
-        video_id = self._search_regex(
-            r'''(?x)<script\s+(?:type="text/javascript"\s+)?
-                src="https?://content\.nerdist\.com/players/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)-''',
-            webpage, 'video ID')
-        timestamp = parse_iso8601(self._html_search_meta(
-            'shareaholic:article_published_time', webpage, 'upload date'))
-        uploader = self._html_search_meta(
-            'shareaholic:article_author_name', webpage, 'article author')
-
-        doc = self._download_xml(
-            'http://content.nerdist.com/jw6/%s.xml' % video_id, video_id)
-        video_info = doc.find('.//item')
-        title = xpath_text(video_info, './title', fatal=True)
-        description = xpath_text(video_info, './description')
-        thumbnail = xpath_text(
-            video_info, './{http://rss.jwpcdn.com/}image', 'thumbnail')
-
-        formats = []
-        for source in video_info.findall('./{http://rss.jwpcdn.com/}source'):
-            vurl = source.attrib['file']
-            ext = determine_ext(vurl)
-            if ext == 'm3u8':
-                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-                    vurl, video_id, entry_protocol='m3u8_native', ext='mp4',
-                    preference=0))
-            elif ext == 'smil':
-                formats.extend(self._extract_smil_formats(
-                    vurl, video_id, fatal=False
-                ))
-            else:
-                formats.append({
-                    'format_id': ext,
-                    'url': vurl,
-                })
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
-
-        return {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'display_id': display_id,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-            'timestamp': timestamp,
-            'formats': formats,
-            'uploader': uploader,
-        }