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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
index 22898b5a1..729607ea3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/niconico.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ class NiconicoIE(InfoExtractor):
mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
video_id = mobj.group(1)
- # Get video webpage
- video_webpage = self._download_webpage(
- 'http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
+ # Get video webpage. We are not actually interested in it, but need
+ # the cookies in order to be able to download the info webpage
+ self._download_webpage('http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/' + video_id, video_id)
video_info_webpage = self._download_webpage(
'http://ext.nicovideo.jp/api/getthumbinfo/' + video_id, video_id,