1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index ebf2d227a..10dc221b4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.6 and a
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
 
-import codecs
 import io
 import itertools
 import os
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ from .compat import (
     compat_getpass,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_shlex_quote,
-    workaround_optparse_bug9161,
 )
 from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
 from .utils import (
@@ -807,13 +805,6 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
 
 
 def _real_main(argv=None):
-    # Compatibility fixes for Windows
-    if sys.platform == 'win32':
-        # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/820
-        codecs.register(lambda name: codecs.lookup('utf-8') if name == 'cp65001' else None)
-
-    workaround_optparse_bug9161()
-
     setproctitle('yt-dlp')
 
     parser, opts, all_urls, ydl_opts = parse_options(argv)