diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index 74cd802f..ec88d94b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -560,48 +560,6 @@ class BaseExtractor(Extractor):
         return r"(?:https?://)?(?:" + "|".join(pattern_list) + r")"
 
 
-def generate_extractors(extractor_data, symtable, classes):
-    """Dynamically generate Extractor classes"""
-    extractors = config.get(("extractor",), classes[0].basecategory)
-    ckey = extractor_data.get("_ckey")
-    prev = None
-
-    if extractors:
-        extractor_data.update(extractors)
-
-    for category, info in extractor_data.items():
-
-        if not isinstance(info, dict) or "root" not in info:
-            continue
-
-        root = info["root"]
-        domain = root[root.index(":") + 3:]
-        pattern = info.get("pattern") or re.escape(domain)
-        name = (info.get("name") or category).capitalize()
-
-        for cls in classes:
-
-            class Extr(cls):
-                pass
-            Extr.__module__ = cls.__module__
-            Extr.__name__ = Extr.__qualname__ = \
-                name + cls.subcategory.capitalize() + "Extractor"
-            Extr.__doc__ = \
-                "Extractor for " + cls.subcategory + "s from " + domain
-            Extr.category = category
-            Extr.pattern = r"(?:https?://)?" + pattern + cls.pattern_fmt
-            Extr.test = info.get("test-" + cls.subcategory)
-            Extr.root = root
-
-            if "extra" in info:
-                for key, value in info["extra"].items():
-                    setattr(Extr, key, value)
-            if prev and ckey:
-                setattr(Extr, ckey, prev)
-
-            symtable[Extr.__name__] = prev = Extr
-
-
 # Undo automatic pyOpenSSL injection by requests
 pyopenssl = config.get((), "pyopenssl", False)
 if not pyopenssl: