diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 0160b5a9d..49b586cf6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -455,17 +455,6 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
         else:
             video_title = 'Facebook video #%s' % video_id
 
-        def _lowercase_escape(s):
-            if s:
-                return lowercase_escape(s)
-
-        uploader = clean_html(get_element_by_id(
-            'fbPhotoPageAuthorName', webpage)) or self._search_regex(
-            r'ownerName\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"', webpage, 'uploader',default=None) or \
-                   _lowercase_escape(self._search_regex(
-                        r'\"ownerName\":"(.+?)"', tahoe_data.secondary,
-                        'uploader_id', fatal=False)) or self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None)
-
 
         timestamp = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
             r'data-utime=\\\"(\d+)\\\"', tahoe_data.secondary,