diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index c16dc7ab8..0c52e5a8b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
     _PLAYLIST_ID_RE = r'(?:(?:PL|LL|EC|UU|FL|RD|UL|TL|PU|OLAK5uy_)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}|RDMM)'
 
-    def _ids_to_results(self, ids):
-        return [
-            self.url_result(vid_id, 'Youtube', video_id=vid_id)
-            for vid_id in ids]
-
     def _login(self):
         """
         Attempt to log in to YouTube.