diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
index f7c831c671..920573da9d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 import re
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
-from ..utils import PostProcessingError
-
-
-class MetadataFromTitlePPError(PostProcessingError):
-    pass
 
 
 class MetadataFromTitlePP(PostProcessor):