diff --git a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
index bf6470d1a..3e60e0265 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
@@ -750,8 +750,10 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
             final String baseUrl = captionsArray.getObject(i).getString("baseUrl");
             final boolean isAutoGenerated = captionsArray.getObject(i).getString("vssId").startsWith("a.");
 
-            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.TTML, languageCode, baseUrl, isAutoGenerated));
-            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.VTT, languageCode, baseUrl, isAutoGenerated));
+            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.TTML, languageCode,
+                    getSubtitleFormatUrl(baseUrl, SubtitlesFormat.TTML), isAutoGenerated));
+            result.add(new Subtitles(SubtitlesFormat.VTT, languageCode,
+                    getSubtitleFormatUrl(baseUrl, SubtitlesFormat.VTT), isAutoGenerated));
             // todo: add transcripts, they are currently omitted since they are incompatible with ExoPlayer
         }
 
@@ -783,26 +785,8 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     }
 
     @Nonnull
-    private static List<Subtitles> getVideoSubtitlesUrl(final String baseUrl,
-                                                        final List<String> manualCaptionLanguageCodes,
-                                                        final List<String> automaticCaptionLanguageCodes,
-                                                        final SubtitlesFormat format) {
-        final String cleanUrl = baseUrl
-                .replaceAll("&fmt=[^&]*", "") // Remove preexisting format if exists
-                .replaceAll("&tlang=[^&]*", "") // Remove translation language
-                .replaceAll("&kind=[^&]*", ""); // Remove automatic generation toggle
-        final String builderUrl = cleanUrl + "&fmt=" + format.getExtension() + "&tlang=";
-
-        List<Subtitles> subtitles = new ArrayList<>(manualCaptionLanguageCodes.size() +
-                automaticCaptionLanguageCodes.size());
-        for (final String languageCode : manualCaptionLanguageCodes) {
-            subtitles.add(new Subtitles(format, languageCode, builderUrl + languageCode, false));
-        }
-        for (final String languageCode : automaticCaptionLanguageCodes) {
-            final String fullUrl = builderUrl + languageCode + "&kind=asr";
-            subtitles.add(new Subtitles(format, languageCode, fullUrl, true));
-        }
-        return subtitles;
+    private static String getSubtitleFormatUrl(final String baseUrl, final SubtitlesFormat format) {
+        return baseUrl.replaceAll("&fmt=[^&]*", "") + "&fmt=" + format.getExtension();
     }
 
     private Map<String, ItagItem> getItags(String encodedUrlMapKey, ItagItem.ItagType itagTypeWanted) throws ParsingException {