diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index 06340fcd8d..933632dafc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ from .lcp import (
 from .lecture2go import Lecture2GoIE
 from .lecturio import (
     LecturioIE,
+    LecturioDeIE,
     LecturioCourseIE,
     LecturioDeCourseIE,
 )
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/lecturio.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/lecturio.py
index e9b7d8b9af..46bfaa3c81 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/lecturio.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/lecturio.py
@@ -14,29 +14,50 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 
-class LecturioBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+class LecturioIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://app\.lecturio\.com/([^/]+/(?P<nt>[^/?#&]+)\.lecture|(?:\#/)?lecture/c/\d+/(?P<id>\d+))'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://app.lecturio.com/medical-courses/important-concepts-and-terms-introduction-to-microbiology.lecture#tab/videos',
+        'md5': '9a42cf1d8282a6311bf7211bbde26fde',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '39634',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Important Concepts and Terms — Introduction to Microbiology',
+        },
+        'skip': 'Requires lecturio account credentials',
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://app.lecturio.com/#/lecture/c/6434/39634',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
     _API_BASE_URL = 'https://app.lecturio.com/api/en/latest/html5/'
-    _DE_API_BASE_URL = 'https://lecturio.de/api/de/latest/html5/'
     _LOGIN_URL = 'https://app.lecturio.com/en/login'
-    _DE_LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.lecturio.de/anmelden.html'
-    _NETRC_MACHINE = 'lecturio'
 
-    is_DE = None
+    _NETRC_MACHINE = 'lecturio'
 
-    # Find out if url is german before starting anything else
-    def extract(self, url):
-        self.is_DE = True if re.match(r"https://(?:www\.)?lecturio\.de/", url) else False
-        return super().extract(url)
+    _CC_LANGS = {
+        'Arabic': 'ar',
+        'Bulgarian': 'bg',
+        'German': 'de',
+        'English': 'en',
+        'Spanish': 'es',
+        'Persian': 'fa',
+        'French': 'fr',
+        'Japanese': 'ja',
+        'Polish': 'pl',
+        'Pashto': 'ps',
+        'Russian': 'ru',
+    }
 
     def _perform_login(self, username, password):
 
-        login_url = self._DE_LOGIN_URL if self.is_DE else self._LOGIN_URL
         # Sets some cookies
         _, urlh = self._download_webpage_handle(
-            login_url, None, 'Downloading login popup')
+            self._LOGIN_URL, None, 'Downloading login popup')
 
         def is_logged(url_handle):
-            return login_url not in url_handle.geturl()
+            return self._LOGIN_URL not in url_handle.geturl()
 
         # Already logged in
         if is_logged(urlh):
@@ -49,7 +70,7 @@ class LecturioBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
 
         response, urlh = self._download_webpage_handle(
-            login_url, None, 'Logging in',
+            self._LOGIN_URL, None, 'Logging in',
             data=urlencode_postdata(login_form))
 
         # Logged in successfully
@@ -63,55 +84,14 @@ class LecturioBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             raise ExtractorError('Unable to login: %s' % errors, expected=True)
         raise ExtractorError('Unable to log in')
 
-
-class LecturioIE(LecturioBaseIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
-                    https://
-                        (?:
-                            app\.lecturio\.com/([^/]+/(?P<nt>[^/?#&]+)\.lecture|(?:\#/)?lecture/c/\d+/(?P<id>\d+))|
-                            (?:www\.)?lecturio\.de/[^/]+/(?P<nt_de>[^/?#&]+)\.vortrag
-                        )
-                    '''
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://app.lecturio.com/medical-courses/important-concepts-and-terms-introduction-to-microbiology.lecture#tab/videos',
-        'md5': '9a42cf1d8282a6311bf7211bbde26fde',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '39634',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Important Concepts and Terms — Introduction to Microbiology',
-        },
-        'skip': 'Requires lecturio account credentials',
-    }, {
-        'url': 'https://www.lecturio.de/jura/oeffentliches-recht-staatsexamen.vortrag',
-        'only_matching': True,
-    }, {
-        'url': 'https://app.lecturio.com/#/lecture/c/6434/39634',
-        'only_matching': True,
-    }]
-
-    _CC_LANGS = {
-        'Arabic': 'ar',
-        'Bulgarian': 'bg',
-        'German': 'de',
-        'English': 'en',
-        'Spanish': 'es',
-        'Persian': 'fa',
-        'French': 'fr',
-        'Japanese': 'ja',
-        'Polish': 'pl',
-        'Pashto': 'ps',
-        'Russian': 'ru',
-    }
-
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = self._match_valid_url(url)
-        nt = mobj.group('nt') or mobj.group('nt_de')
+        nt = mobj.group('nt')
         lecture_id = mobj.group('id')
         display_id = nt or lecture_id
         api_path = 'lectures/' + lecture_id if lecture_id else 'lecture/' + nt + '.json'
 
-        video = self._download_json(
-            (self._DE_API_BASE_URL if self.is_DE else self._API_BASE_URL) + api_path, display_id)
+        video = self._download_json(self._API_BASE_URL + api_path, display_id)
         title = video['title'].strip()
         if not lecture_id:
             pid = video.get('productId') or video.get('uid')
@@ -179,8 +159,20 @@ class LecturioIE(LecturioBaseIE):
             'automatic_captions': automatic_captions,
         }
 
+# German Lecturio simply requires different URLs
+class LecturioDeIE(LecturioIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://www\.lecturio\.de/[^/]+/(?P<nt>[^/?#&]+)\.vortrag'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.lecturio.de/jura/oeffentliches-recht-staatsexamen.vortrag',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    _API_BASE_URL = 'https://lecturio.de/api/de/latest/html5/'
+    _LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.lecturio.de/anmelden.html'
 
-class LecturioCourseIE(LecturioBaseIE):
+
+class LecturioCourseIE(LecturioIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https://app\.lecturio\.com/(?:[^/]+/(?P<nt>[^/?#&]+)\.course|(?:#/)?course/c/(?P<id>\d+))'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://app.lecturio.com/medical-courses/microbiology-introduction.course#/',
@@ -217,12 +209,12 @@ class LecturioCourseIE(LecturioBaseIE):
             clean_html(course.get('description')))
 
 
-class LecturioDeCourseIE(LecturioBaseIE):
+class LecturioDeCourseIE(LecturioDeIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https://(?:www\.)?lecturio\.de/[^/]+/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)\.kurs'
-    _TEST = {
+    _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.lecturio.de/jura/grundrechte.kurs',
         'only_matching': True,
-    }
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)