diff --git a/common/modules/buffer.jsm b/common/modules/buffer.jsm
index 97398efa..ec0a1007 100644
--- a/common/modules/buffer.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/buffer.jsm
@@ -2777,13 +2777,6 @@ Buffer.addPageInfoSection("s", "Security", function (verbose) {
     }
 });
 
-// internal navigation doesn't currently update link[rel='shortlink']
-Buffer.addURIShortener("youtube.com", (uri, doc) => {
-    let video = array.toObject(uri.query.split("&")
-                                        .map(p => p.split("="))).v;
-    return video ? util.newURI("http://youtu.be/" + video) : null;
-});
-
 // catch(e){ if (!e.stack) e = Error(e); dump(e.fileName+":"+e.lineNumber+": "+e+"\n" + e.stack); }
 
 endModule();