diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/discovery.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/discovery.py
index da8b964ae..701e6d059 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/discovery.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/discovery.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class DiscoveryIE(DiscoveryGoBaseIE):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         site, path, display_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id, headers=self.geo_verification_headers())
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
 
         react_data = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
             r'window\.__reactTransmitPacket\s*=\s*({.+?});',
@@ -78,13 +78,11 @@ class DiscoveryIE(DiscoveryGoBaseIE):
                         compat_str) or '3020a40c2356a645b4b4',
                     'nonce': ''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for _ in range(32)]),
                     'redirectUri': 'https://fusion.ddmcdn.com/app/mercury-sdk/180/redirectHandler.html?https://www.%s.com' % site,
-                }, headers=self.geo_verification_headers())['access_token']
+                })['access_token']
 
         try:
             headers = self.geo_verification_headers()
-            headers.update({
-                'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token,
-            })
+            headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + access_token
 
             stream = self._download_json(
                 'https://api.discovery.com/v1/streaming/video/' + video_id,