diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/blinkx.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/blinkx.py
deleted file mode 100644
index db5e12b21..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/blinkx.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import json
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import (
-    remove_start,
-    int_or_none,
-)
-
-
-class BlinkxIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://(?:www\.)blinkx\.com/#?ce/|blinkx:)(?P<id>[^?]+)'
-    IE_NAME = 'blinkx'
-
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'http://www.blinkx.com/ce/Da0Gw3xc5ucpNduzLuDDlv4WC9PuI4fDi1-t6Y3LyfdY2SZS5Urbvn-UPJvrvbo8LTKTc67Wu2rPKSQDJyZeeORCR8bYkhs8lI7eqddznH2ofh5WEEdjYXnoRtj7ByQwt7atMErmXIeYKPsSDuMAAqJDlQZ-3Ff4HJVeH_s3Gh8oQ',
-        'md5': '337cf7a344663ec79bf93a526a2e06c7',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'Da0Gw3xc',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'No Daily Show for John Oliver; HBO Show Renewed - IGN News',
-            'uploader': 'IGN News',
-            'upload_date': '20150217',
-            'timestamp': 1424215740,
-            'description': 'HBO has renewed Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for two more seasons.',
-            'duration': 47.743333,
-        },
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        display_id = video_id[:8]
-
-        api_url = ('https://apib4.blinkx.com/api.php?action=play_video&'
-                   + 'video=%s' % video_id)
-        data_json = self._download_webpage(api_url, display_id)
-        data = json.loads(data_json)['api']['results'][0]
-        duration = None
-        thumbnails = []
-        formats = []
-        for m in data['media']:
-            if m['type'] == 'jpg':
-                thumbnails.append({
-                    'url': m['link'],
-                    'width': int(m['w']),
-                    'height': int(m['h']),
-                })
-            elif m['type'] == 'original':
-                duration = float(m['d'])
-            elif m['type'] == 'youtube':
-                yt_id = m['link']
-                self.to_screen('Youtube video detected: %s' % yt_id)
-                return self.url_result(yt_id, 'Youtube', video_id=yt_id)
-            elif m['type'] in ('flv', 'mp4'):
-                vcodec = remove_start(m['vcodec'], 'ff')
-                acodec = remove_start(m['acodec'], 'ff')
-                vbr = int_or_none(m.get('vbr') or m.get('vbitrate'), 1000)
-                abr = int_or_none(m.get('abr') or m.get('abitrate'), 1000)
-                tbr = vbr + abr if vbr and abr else None
-                format_id = '%s-%sk-%s' % (vcodec, tbr, m['w'])
-                formats.append({
-                    'format_id': format_id,
-                    'url': m['link'],
-                    'vcodec': vcodec,
-                    'acodec': acodec,
-                    'abr': abr,
-                    'vbr': vbr,
-                    'tbr': tbr,
-                    'width': int_or_none(m.get('w')),
-                    'height': int_or_none(m.get('h')),
-                })
-
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
-
-        return {
-            'id': display_id,
-            'fullid': video_id,
-            'title': data['title'],
-            'formats': formats,
-            'uploader': data['channel_name'],
-            'timestamp': data['pubdate_epoch'],
-            'description': data.get('description'),
-            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
-            'duration': duration,
-        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index ac33cd996..71584b1e6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ from .bleacherreport import (
     BleacherReportIE,
     BleacherReportCMSIE,
 )
-from .blinkx import BlinkxIE
 from .bloomberg import BloombergIE
 from .bokecc import BokeCCIE
 from .bongacams import BongaCamsIE