diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 0ec23a365..59cc8a5ff 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -809,7 +809,6 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                     \s*{[^}]+? ["']?clip["']?\s*:\s*\{\s*
                         ["']?url["']?\s*:\s*["']([^"']+)["']
             ''', webpage)
-            assert found
         if not found:
             # Try to find twitter cards info
             found = re.findall(r'<meta (?:property|name)="twitter:player:stream" (?:content|value)="(.+?)"', webpage)