diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sportbox.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sportbox.py
index b512cd20f..05a0b5a80 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sportbox.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sportbox.py
@@ -11,60 +11,6 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 
-class SportBoxIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://news\.sportbox\.ru/(?:[^/]+/)+spbvideo_NI\d+_(?P<display_id>.+)'
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Avtosport/Rossijskij/spbvideo_NI483529_Gonka-2-zaezd-Obyedinenniy-2000-klassi-Turing-i-S',
-        'md5': 'ff56a598c2cf411a9a38a69709e97079',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '80822',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Гонка 2  заезд ««Объединенный 2000»: классы Туринг и Супер-продакшн',
-            'description': 'md5:3d72dc4a006ab6805d82f037fdc637ad',
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
-            'upload_date': '20140928',
-        },
-        'params': {
-            # m3u8 download
-            'skip_download': True,
-        },
-    }, {
-        'url': 'http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/billiard/spbvideo_NI486287_CHempionat-mira-po-dinamichnoy-piramide-4',
-        'only_matching': True,
-    }, {
-        'url': 'http://news.sportbox.ru/video/no_ads/spbvideo_NI536574_V_Novorossijske_proshel_detskij_turnir_Pole_slavy_bojevoj?ci=211355',
-        'only_matching': True,
-    }]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        display_id = mobj.group('display_id')
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-
-        player = self._search_regex(
-            r'src="/?(vdl/player/[^"]+)"', webpage, 'player')
-
-        title = self._html_search_regex(
-            [r'"nodetitle"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"', r'class="node-header_{1,2}title">([^<]+)'],
-            webpage, 'title')
-        description = self._og_search_description(webpage) or self._html_search_meta(
-            'description', webpage, 'description')
-        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
-        upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_meta(
-            'dateCreated', webpage, 'upload date'))
-
-        return {
-            '_type': 'url_transparent',
-            'url': compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, '/%s' % player),
-            'display_id': display_id,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-            'upload_date': upload_date,
-        }
-
-
 class SportBoxEmbedIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://news\.sportbox\.ru/vdl/player(?:/[^/]+/|\?.*?\bn?id=)(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TESTS = [{