diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index d43e6b764..9888c95df 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ from .dailymotion import (
     DailymotionUserIE,
 )
 from .daum import DaumIE
-from .depositfiles import DepositFilesIE
 from .dotsub import DotsubIE
 from .dreisat import DreiSatIE
 from .defense import DefenseGouvFrIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c9fb5f2e..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import re
-import os
-import socket
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    compat_http_client,
-    compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_error,
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-
-    ExtractorError,
-)
-
-
-class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for depositfiles.com"""
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?depositfiles\.com/(?:../(?#locale))?files/(.+)'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        file_id = url.split('/')[-1]
-        # Rebuild url in english locale
-        url = 'http://depositfiles.com/en/files/' + file_id
-
-        # Retrieve file webpage with 'Free download' button pressed
-        free_download_indication = {'gateway_result' : '1'}
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(free_download_indication))
-        try:
-            self.report_download_webpage(file_id)
-            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to retrieve file webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-
-        # Search for the real file URL
-        mobj = re.search(r'<form action="(http://fileshare.+?)"', webpage)
-        if (mobj is None) or (mobj.group(1) is None):
-            # Try to figure out reason of the error.
-            mobj = re.search(r'<strong>(Attention.*?)</strong>', webpage, re.DOTALL)
-            if (mobj is not None) and (mobj.group(1) is not None):
-                restriction_message = re.sub('\s+', ' ', mobj.group(1)).strip()
-                raise ExtractorError(u'%s' % restriction_message)
-            else:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract download URL from: %s' % url)
-
-        file_url = mobj.group(1)
-        file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_url)[1][1:]
-
-        # Search for file title
-        file_title = self._search_regex(r'<b title="(.*?)">', webpage, u'title')
-
-        return [{
-            'id':       file_id.decode('utf-8'),
-            'url':      file_url.decode('utf-8'),
-            'uploader': None,
-            'upload_date':  None,
-            'title':    file_title,
-            'ext':      file_extension.decode('utf-8'),
-        }]