diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 3ae318c18..b816d788f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
     js_to_json,
-    jwt_decode_hs256,
     mimetype2ext,
     netrc_from_content,
     orderedSet,
@@ -995,10 +994,6 @@ def _guess_encoding_from_content(content_type, webpage_bytes):
 
         return encoding
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _is_jwt_token_expired(token):
-        return jwt_decode_hs256(token)['exp'] - time.time() < 300
-
     def __check_blocked(self, content):
         first_block = content[:512]
         if ('<title>Access to this site is blocked</title>' in content
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vrt.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vrt.py
index 963bd460e..ba2301ae5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vrt.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vrt.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     get_element_by_class,
     get_element_html_by_class,
     int_or_none,
+    jwt_decode_hs256,
     jwt_encode_hs256,
     make_archive_id,
     merge_dicts,
@@ -308,6 +309,10 @@ def _get_video_token_from_cookie(self):
     def _get_refresh_token_from_cookie(self):
         return try_call(lambda: self._get_cookies('https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/sso')['vrtnu-site_profile_rt'].value)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _is_jwt_token_expired(token):
+        return jwt_decode_hs256(token)['exp'] - time.time() < 300
+
     def _perform_login(self, username, password):
         if self._fetch_refresh_token():
             self.write_debug('Refresh token already present, skipping login')