diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index c03d21c..69ac7d7 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         except brozzler.PageInterstitialShown:
             self.logger.info("page interstitial shown (http auth): %s", page)
 
-        if enable_youtube_dl and ydl.should_ytdlp(page):
+        if enable_youtube_dl and ydl.should_ytdlp(page, site):
             try:
                 ydl_outlinks = ydl.do_youtube_dl(self, site, page)
             except brozzler.ReachedLimit as e:
diff --git a/brozzler/ydl.py b/brozzler/ydl.py
index d9e677c..9201119 100644
--- a/brozzler/ydl.py
+++ b/brozzler/ydl.py
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@ def is_html_maybe(url):
     return True
 
 
-def should_ytdlp(page):
-    ytdlp_url = page.redirect_url if page.redirect_url else page.url
-
-    if not is_html_maybe(ytdlp_url):
-        logging.warning("skipping yt-dlp for %s due to unsupported extension", ytdlp_url)
-        return False
-
-    return True
-
-
 def _timestamp4datetime(timestamp):
     """split `timestamp` into a tuple of 6 integers.