1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
index c5636e8e9..8eda3c864 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/shared.py
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import base64
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
-    compat_urllib_request,
-)
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_parse
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
+    sanitized_Request,
 )
 
 
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ class SharedIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'Video %s does not exist' % video_id, expected=True)
 
         download_form = self._hidden_inputs(webpage)
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+        request = sanitized_Request(
             url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(download_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')