diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index f14af249..e977320f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
         adjust_extension = kwdict.get(
             "_http_adjust_extension", self.adjust_extension)
 
-        codes = kwdict.get("_http_retry_codes")
-        if codes:
-            retry_codes = list(self.retry_codes)
-            retry_codes += codes
-        else:
-            retry_codes = self.retry_codes
-
         if self.part and not metadata:
             pathfmt.part_enable(self.partdir)
 
@@ -167,7 +160,10 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
                 break
             else:
                 msg = "'{} {}' for '{}'".format(code, response.reason, url)
-                if code in retry_codes or 500 <= code < 600:
+                if code in self.retry_codes or 500 <= code < 600:
+                    continue
+                retry = kwdict.get("_http_retry")
+                if retry and retry(response):
                     continue
                 self.log.warning(msg)
                 return False
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py
index f9c6abfc..f5248397 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ class NitterExtractor(BaseExtractor):
 
                     if url[0] == "/":
                         url = self.root + url
-                    file = {
-                        "url": url,
-                        "_http_retry_codes": (404,),
-                    }
+                    file = {"url": url, "_http_retry": _retry_on_404}
                     file["filename"], _, file["extension"] = \
                         name.rpartition(".")
                     append(file)
@@ -468,3 +465,7 @@ class NitterTweetExtractor(NitterExtractor):
             quoted["user"] = tweet["user"]
             return (tweet, quoted)
         return (tweet,)
+
+
+def _retry_on_404(response):
+    return response.status_code == 404