diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 5f3a5540d..50cdff1d6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ class SoundcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
         return 'http://api.soundcloud.com/resolve.json?url=' + url + '&client_id=' + cls._CLIENT_ID
 
     def _extract_info_dict(self, info, full_title=None):
-        video_id = info['id']
-        name = full_title or video_id
+        name = full_title or info['id']
         self.report_extraction(name)
 
         thumbnail = info['artwork_url']