diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.rst b/docs/supportedsites.rst
index 2ea3c280..fa6be216 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.rst
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Site                 URL                                 Capabilities
 4chan                https://www.4chan.org/              Threads
 4plebs               https://archive.4plebs.org/         Threads
 500px                https://500px.com/                  Galleries, individual Images, User Profiles
-8chan                https://8ch.net/                    Threads
 8muses               https://www.8muses.com/             Albums
 Adobe Portfolio      https://www.myportfolio.com/        Galleries
 Adult Empire         https://www.adultempire.com/        Galleries
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/8chan.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/8chan.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e526da30..00000000
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/8chan.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright 2014-2019 Mike Fährmann
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-
-"""Extract images and videos from https://8ch.net/"""
-
-from . import chan
-
-
-class InfinitychanThreadExtractor(chan.ChanThreadExtractor):
-    """Extractor for images from threads from 8ch.net"""
-    category = "8chan"
-    filename_fmt = "{time}-{filename}{ext}"
-    pattern = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?8ch\.net/([^/]+)/res/(\d+)"
-    test = ("https://8ch.net/builders/res/3.html", {
-        "url": "5d85c0509f907f217aea379f862b41bf3d01f645",
-        "keyword": "0c497190c0c0f826925fde09815351d01869c783",
-    })
-    api_url = "https://8ch.net/{board}/res/{thread}.json"
-    file_url = "https://media.8ch.net/{board}/src/{tim}{ext}"
-    file_url_v2 = "https://media.8ch.net/file_store/{tim}{ext}"
-
-    def build_url(self, post):
-        fmt = self.file_url if len(post["tim"]) < 64 else self.file_url_v2
-        return fmt.format_map(post)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 7bc092c5..b8f74d1d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ modules = [
     "3dbooru",
     "4chan",
     "500px",
-    "8chan",
     "8muses",
     "adultempire",
     "artstation",
diff --git a/test/test_results.py b/test/test_results.py
index f65d8f1f..50a23a86 100644
--- a/test/test_results.py
+++ b/test/test_results.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ TRAVIS_SKIP = {
 
 # temporary issues, etc.
 BROKEN = {
-    "8chan",
     "mangapark",
 }