diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index bbfc0e11..55afecf4 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -1169,26 +1169,3 @@ function sendRequestToCustomServer(type, fullAddress, callback) {
   //submit this request
   xmlhttp.send();
 }
-
-function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Returns with video id else returns false
-  var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#\&\?]*).*/;
-  var match = url.match(regExp);
-  var id = new URL(url).searchParams.get("v");
-  if (url.includes("/embed/")) {
-    //it is an embed, don't search for v
-    id = match[7];
-  }
-
-  return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? id : false;
-}
-
-//returns the start time of the video if there was one specified (ex. ?t=5s)
-function getYouTubeVideoStartTime(url) {
-  let searchParams = new URL(url).searchParams;
-  var startTime = searchParams.get("t");
-  if (startTime == null) {
-    startTime = searchParams.get("time_continue");
-  }
-
-  return startTime;
-}