diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 17c228450..9766dea54 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -731,99 +731,6 @@ class DailymotionIE(InfoExtractor):
         }]
 
 
-class GoogleIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for video.google.com."""
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?video\.google\.(?:com(?:\.au)?|co\.(?:uk|jp|kr|cr)|ca|de|es|fr|it|nl|pl)/videoplay\?docid=([^\&]+).*'
-    IE_NAME = u'video.google'
-
-    def __init__(self, downloader=None):
-        InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
-
-    def report_download_webpage(self, video_id):
-        """Report webpage download."""
-        self._downloader.to_screen(u'[video.google] %s: Downloading webpage' % video_id)
-
-    def report_extraction(self, video_id):
-        """Report information extraction."""
-        self._downloader.to_screen(u'[video.google] %s: Extracting information' % video_id)
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract id from URL
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-            return
-
-        video_id = mobj.group(1)
-
-        video_extension = 'mp4'
-
-        # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=%s&hl=en&oe=utf-8' % video_id)
-        try:
-            self.report_download_webpage(video_id)
-            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-            return
-
-        # Extract URL, uploader, and title from webpage
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-        mobj = re.search(r"download_url:'([^']+)'", webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            video_extension = 'flv'
-            mobj = re.search(r"(?i)videoUrl\\x3d(.+?)\\x26", webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract media URL')
-            return
-        mediaURL = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1))
-        mediaURL = mediaURL.replace('\\x3d', '\x3d')
-        mediaURL = mediaURL.replace('\\x26', '\x26')
-
-        video_url = mediaURL
-
-        mobj = re.search(r'<title>(.*)</title>', webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract title')
-            return
-        video_title = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
-
-        # Extract video description
-        mobj = re.search(r'<span id=short-desc-content>([^<]*)</span>', webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video description')
-            return
-        video_description = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
-        if not video_description:
-            video_description = 'No description available.'
-
-        # Extract video thumbnail
-        if self._downloader.params.get('forcethumbnail', False):
-            request = compat_urllib_request.Request('http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s+site:video.google.com&hl=en' % abs(int(video_id)))
-            try:
-                webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-            except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve video webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-                return
-            mobj = re.search(r'<img class=thumbnail-img (?:.* )?src=(http.*)>', webpage)
-            if mobj is None:
-                self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video thumbnail')
-                return
-            video_thumbnail = mobj.group(1)
-        else:   # we need something to pass to process_info
-            video_thumbnail = ''
-
-        return [{
-            'id':       video_id.decode('utf-8'),
-            'url':      video_url.decode('utf-8'),
-            'uploader': None,
-            'upload_date':  None,
-            'title':    video_title,
-            'ext':      video_extension.decode('utf-8'),
-        }]
-
-
 class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
     """Information extractor for photobucket.com."""
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 8daa7b4dc..efa8b813f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ def gen_extractors():
         YoutubeIE(),
         MetacafeIE(),
         DailymotionIE(),
-        GoogleIE(),
         GoogleSearchIE(),
         PhotobucketIE(),
         YahooIE(),