diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 3df8369fe93..0acb3f13eff 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'test': False,
             },
         },
-   ]
+    ]
     _formats = {
         '5': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 400, 'height': 240, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
         '6': {'ext': 'flv', 'width': 450, 'height': 270, 'acodec': 'mp3', 'abr': 64, 'vcodec': 'h263'},
@@ -2068,7 +2068,6 @@ def feed_entry(name):
                 CHUNK_SIZE = 10 << 20
                 # avoid Youtube throttling
                 dct.update({
-                    'request_data': 'x',
                     'protocol': 'http_dash_segments',
                     'fragments': [{
                         'url': update_url_query(dct['url'], {