diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f7815b905..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-
-
-class CriterionIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?criterion\.com/films/(?P<id>[0-9]+)-.+'
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'http://www.criterion.com/films/184-le-samourai',
-        'md5': 'bc51beba55685509883a9a7830919ec3',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '184',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Le Samouraï',
-            'description': 'md5:a2b4b116326558149bef81f76dcbb93f',
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
-        }
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        final_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'so\.addVariable\("videoURL", "(.+?)"\)\;', webpage, 'video url')
-        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
-        description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
-        thumbnail = self._search_regex(
-            r'so\.addVariable\("thumbnailURL", "(.+?)"\)\;',
-            webpage, 'thumbnail url')
-
-        return {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'url': final_url,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index e5aee96c2..7705f9bdd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ from .condenast import CondeNastIE
 from .corus import CorusIE
 from .cracked import CrackedIE
 from .crackle import CrackleIE
-from .criterion import CriterionIE
 from .crooksandliars import CrooksAndLiarsIE
 from .crunchyroll import (
     CrunchyrollIE,