diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 18d8dbcd6..4d3edfac3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ except ImportError:
         for name, klass in globals().items()
         if name.endswith('IE') and name != 'GenericIE'
     ]
-    _ALL_CLASSES.append(GenericIE)
 
 
 def gen_extractor_classes():