diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index 1c7783dcb253..ef34ae48f89c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
     parse_iso8601,
-    extract_attributes,
 )