diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
index f59b3e1d5..ffa98e769 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class VPROIE(NPOIE):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1]
-        page, _ = self._download_webpage_handle(url, video_id)
+        page = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         results = re.findall(r'data-media-id="([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)"\s', page)
         formats = []
         for result in results: