diff --git a/coub-dl.py b/coub-dl.py
index 41a6812..5a45511 100755
--- a/coub-dl.py
+++ b/coub-dl.py
@@ -92,17 +92,7 @@ class coub_dl:
         url = get_output(('youtube-dl',
                           '--get-url', self._url))
 
-        curl = Popen(('curl', '--silent',
-                      '--write-out',
-                      '--location',
-                      url),
-                     stdout=PIPE)
-
-        grep = Popen(('grep', '--only-matching', '"http.*"'),
-                     stdin=curl.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
-
-        url = get_output(('sed', 's/muted_//g'),
-                         stdin=grep.stdout).strip('"')
+        url = url.replace('muted_', '')
 
         call(('youtube-dl', '--ignore-config',
               '--output', '{}.%(ext)s'.format(self._files_dict[Stream.VIDEO]),
@@ -171,7 +161,7 @@ class coub_dl:
     @staticmethod
     @call_verbose(before_message='Checking your system for dependencies... ', after_message='Found all!')
     def check_for_dependencies():
-        check_for = (('youtube-dl', '--version'), ('ffmpeg', '-version'), ('curl', '--version'))
+        check_for = (('youtube-dl', '--version'), ('ffmpeg', '-version'))
         error_str = '\nMissing dependencies: {}'
         missing = []