diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extremetube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extremetube.py
index ff7c0cd3e6..14a196ffc6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extremetube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extremetube.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)
 
         video_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<h1 [^>]*?title="([^"]+)"[^>]*>\1<', webpage, 'title')
+            r'<h1 [^>]*?title="([^"]+)"[^>]*>', webpage, 'title')
         uploader = self._html_search_regex(
             r'>Posted by:(?=<)(?:\s|<[^>]*>)*(.+?)\|', webpage, 'uploader',
             fatal=False)