diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8e676a2..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Legacy file for backwards compatibility, use youtube_dl.downloader instead!
-from .downloader import FileDownloader as RealFileDownloader
-from .downloader import get_suitable_downloader
-
-
-# This class reproduces the old behaviour of FileDownloader
-class FileDownloader(RealFileDownloader):
-    def _do_download(self, filename, info_dict):
-        real_fd = get_suitable_downloader(info_dict)(self.ydl, self.params)
-        for ph in self._progress_hooks:
-            real_fd.add_progress_hook(ph)
-        return real_fd.download(filename, info_dict)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index cbb053e13..92097f41e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -63,14 +63,13 @@ __license__ = 'Public Domain'
 
 import codecs
 import io
-import locale
 import optparse
 import os
 import random
-import re
 import shlex
 import sys
 
+from .downloader import FileDownloader
 
 from .utils import (
     compat_getpass,
@@ -90,9 +89,6 @@ from .utils import (
     write_string,
 )
 from .update import update_self
-from .FileDownloader import (
-    FileDownloader,
-)
 from .extractor import gen_extractors
 from .version import __version__
 from .YoutubeDL import YoutubeDL