diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbc.py
index 4d93c7744..cf678e7f8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbc.py
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ class CBCPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
 class CBCWatchBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     _device_id = None
     _device_token = None
-    _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['CA']
     _API_BASE_URL = 'https://api-cbc.cloud.clearleap.com/cloffice/client/'
     _NS_MAP = {
         'media': 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/',