diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
index f8c30052f..48edbb93e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class MedialaanIE(GigyaBaseIE):
                 '\\\\', '\\').replace(r'\"', '"').replace(r"\'", "'"))
 
         vod_id = config.get('vodId') or self._search_regex(
-            (r'\\"vodId\\"\s*:\s*\\"(.+?)\\"',
+            (r'\"vodId\"\s*:\s*\"(.+?)\"',
              r'<[^>]+id=["\']vod-(\d+)'),
             webpage, 'video_id', default=None)