diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/shimmie2.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/shimmie2.py
index 725d05d2..3ba95eec 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/shimmie2.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/shimmie2.py
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ class Shimmie2Extractor(BaseExtractor):
 
         if self.category == "giantessbooru":
             self.posts = self._posts_giantessbooru
-        elif self.category == "rule34hentai":
-            self.posts = self._posts_rule34hentai
 
     def items(self):
         data = self.metadata()
@@ -66,6 +64,13 @@ class Shimmie2Extractor(BaseExtractor):
         """Return an iterable containing data of all relevant posts"""
         return ()
 
+    def _quote_type(self, page):
+        """Return quoting character used in 'page' (' or ")"""
+        try:
+            return page[page.index("<link rel=")+10]
+        except Exception:
+            return "'"
+
 
 INSTANCES = {
     "loudbooru": {
@@ -127,21 +132,23 @@ class Shimmie2TagExtractor(Shimmie2Extractor):
 
             if init:
                 init = False
-                has_mime = ("data-mime='" in page)
-                has_pid = ("data-post-id='" in page)
+                quote = self._quote_type(page)
+                has_mime = (" data-mime=" in page)
+                has_pid = (" data-post-id=" in page)
 
             while True:
                 if has_mime:
-                    mime = extr("data-mime='", "'")
+                    mime = extr(" data-mime="+quote, quote)
                 if has_pid:
-                    pid = extr("data-post-id='", "'")
+                    pid = extr(" data-post-id="+quote, quote)
                 else:
-                    pid = extr("href='/post/view/", "?")
+                    pid = extr(" href='/post/view/", quote)
 
                 if not pid:
                     break
 
-                tags, dimensions, size = extr("title='", "'").split(" // ")
+                tags, dimensions, size = extr(
+                    "title="+quote, quote).split(" // ")[:3]
                 width, _, height = dimensions.partition("x")
                 md5 = extr("/_thumbs/", "/")
 
@@ -193,56 +200,6 @@ class Shimmie2TagExtractor(Shimmie2Extractor):
             if not extr('/{}">{}<'.format(pnum, pnum), ">"):
                 return
 
-    def _posts_rule34hentai(self):
-        pnum = text.parse_int(self.page, 1)
-        file_url_fmt = self.file_url_fmt.format
-
-        init = True
-        mime = ""
-
-        while True:
-            url = "{}/post/list/{}/{}".format(self.root, self.tags, pnum)
-            page = self.request(url).text
-            extr = text.extract_from(page)
-
-            if init:
-                init = False
-                has_mime = ("data-mime=\"" in page)
-                has_pid = ("data-post-id=\"" in page)
-
-            while True:
-                if has_mime:
-                    mime = extr("data-mime=\"", "\"")
-                if has_pid:
-                    pid = extr("data-post-id=\"", "\"")
-                else:
-                    pid = extr("href='/post/view/", "?")
-
-                if not pid:
-                    break
-
-                tags, dimensions, size, ext = extr(
-                    "title=\"", "\"").split(" // ")
-                width, _, height = dimensions.partition("x")
-                md5 = extr("/_thumbs/", "/")
-
-                yield {
-                    "file_url": file_url_fmt(
-                        self.root, md5, pid, text.quote(tags),
-                        mime.rpartition("/")[2] if mime else "jpg"),
-                    "id": pid,
-                    "md5": md5,
-                    "tags": tags,
-                    "width": width,
-                    "height": height,
-                    "size": text.parse_bytes(size[:-1]),
-                }
-
-            pnum += 1
-            if not extr(">Next<", ">"):
-                if not extr("/{}'>{}<".format(pnum, pnum), ">"):
-                    return
-
 
 class Shimmie2PostExtractor(Shimmie2Extractor):
     """Extractor for single shimmie2 posts"""
@@ -256,15 +213,17 @@ class Shimmie2PostExtractor(Shimmie2Extractor):
 
     def posts(self):
         url = "{}/post/view/{}".format(self.root, self.post_id)
-        extr = text.extract_from(self.request(url).text)
+        page = self.request(url).text
+        extr = text.extract_from(page)
+        quote = self._quote_type(page)
 
         post = {
             "id"      : self.post_id,
             "tags"    : extr(": ", "<").partition(" - ")[0].rstrip(")"),
             "md5"     : extr("/_thumbs/", "/"),
             "file_url": self.root + (
-                extr("id='main_image' src='", "'") or
-                extr("<source src='", "'")).lstrip("."),
+                extr("id={0}main_image{0} src={0}".format(quote), quote) or
+                extr("<source src="+quote, quote)).lstrip("."),
             "width"   : extr("data-width=", " ").strip("\"'"),
             "height"  : extr("data-height=", ">").partition(
                 " ")[0].strip("\"'"),
@@ -290,25 +249,3 @@ class Shimmie2PostExtractor(Shimmie2Extractor):
             "height"  : 0,
             "size"    : 0,
         },)
-
-    def _posts_rule34hentai(self):
-        url = "{}/post/view/{}".format(self.root, self.post_id)
-        extr = text.extract_from(self.request(url).text)
-
-        post = {
-            "id"      : self.post_id,
-            "tags"    : extr(": ", "<").partition(" - ")[0].rstrip(")"),
-            "md5"     : extr("/_thumbs/", "/"),
-            "file_url": self.root + (
-                extr('id="main_image" src="', '"') or
-                extr('<source src="', '"')).lstrip("."),
-            "width"   : extr("data-width=", " ").strip("\"'"),
-            "height"  : extr("data-height=", ">").partition(
-                " ")[0].strip("\"'"),
-            "size"    : 0,
-        }
-
-        if not post["md5"]:
-            post["md5"] = text.extr(post["file_url"], "/_images/", "/")
-
-        return (post,)