diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 5386747f1..77e2ae425 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ from .southpark import (
     SouthParkEsIE,
     SouthParkNlIE
 )
-from .space import SpaceIE
 from .spankbang import SpankBangIE
 from .spankwire import SpankwireIE
 from .spiegel import SpiegelIE, SpiegelArticleIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ebb5d6ec0..000000000
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import re
-
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
-from ..utils import RegexNotFoundError, ExtractorError
-
-
-class SpaceIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|m)\.)?space\.com/\d+-(?P<title>[^/\.\?]*?)-video\.html'
-    _TEST = {
-        'add_ie': ['BrightcoveLegacy'],
-        'url': 'http://www.space.com/23373-huge-martian-landforms-detail-revealed-by-european-probe-video.html',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '2780937028001',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Huge Martian Landforms\' Detail Revealed By European Probe | Video',
-            'description': 'md5:db81cf7f3122f95ed234b631a6ea1e61',
-            'uploader': 'TechMedia Networks',
-        },
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        title = mobj.group('title')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, title)
-        try:
-            # Some videos require the playerKey field, which isn't define in
-            # the BrightcoveExperience object
-            brightcove_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage)
-        except RegexNotFoundError:
-            # Other videos works fine with the info from the object
-            brightcove_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
-        if brightcove_url is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(
-                'The webpage does not contain a video', expected=True)
-        return self.url_result(brightcove_url, BrightcoveLegacyIE.ie_key())