diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 8c5fd0f29..989331bcb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ from .howstuffworks import HowStuffWorksIE
 from .huffpost import HuffPostIE
 from .hypem import HypemIE
 from .iconosquare import IconosquareIE
-from .ifeng import IfengIE
 from .ign import (
     IGNIE,
     OneUPIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ifeng.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ifeng.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 394a36ccd..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ifeng.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-
-class IfengIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_NAME = 'ifeng'
-    IE_DESC = '凤凰网'
-    # http://v.ifeng.com/mil/mainland/201601/01d92436-8afe-4af0-82a4-cef889018295.shtml
-    # http://v.ifeng.com/ent/mingxing/201601/01e29bc2-1e89-41ee-9a91-25d56e2b0740.shtml
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://v\.ifeng\.com/.+?/(?P<id>[\w\-\d]+)\.shtml'
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'http://v.ifeng.com/mil/mainland/201601/01d92436-8afe-4af0-82a4-cef889018295.shtml',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '01d92436-8afe-4af0-82a4-cef889018295',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': '中国火箭军正式亮相 多支导弹旅携罕见导弹出镜',
-        }
-    },
-        {
-            'url': 'http://v.ifeng.com/ent/mingxing/201601/01e29bc2-1e89-41ee-9a91-25d56e2b0740.shtml',
-            'info_dict': {
-                'id': '01e29bc2-1e89-41ee-9a91-25d56e2b0740',
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': '陈羽凡锁骨骨折 盼早日康复',
-            },
-        }
-    ]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url);
-
-        d = video_id[-2]
-        dd = video_id[-2:]
-
-        info_doc = self._download_xml(
-                'http://v.ifeng.com/video_info_new/%s/%s/%s.xml' % (d, dd, video_id),
-                video_id, 'fetch video metadata')
-
-        title = info_doc.find('./item').get('Name')
-
-        for element in info_doc.findall('./videos/video[@mediaType=\'mp4\']'):
-            url = element.get('VideoPlayUrl')
-            if element.get('type') == '500k':
-                break
-
-        return {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'title': title,
-            'url': url,
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-        }