diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py index 94b2faf1c..d1b0734e2 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py +++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py @@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ def _real_extract(self, url): f'{bug_reports_message(before=",")}', expected=True) media.update(xdt_shortcode_media) - username = traverse_obj(media, ('owner', 'username')) or self._search_regex( r'"owner"\s*:\s*{\s*"username"\s*:\s*"(.+?)"', webpage, 'username', fatal=False)