diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 563cf6274..953e38227 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from ..swfinterp import SWFInterpreter
 from ..compat import (
     compat_chr,
+    compat_kwargs,
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
     compat_urllib_parse_unquote_plus,
@@ -245,6 +246,11 @@ def warn(message):
 
         return True
 
+    def _download_webpage(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('query', {})['disable_polymer'] = 'true'
+        return super(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, self)._download_webpage(
+            *args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+
     def _real_initialize(self):
         if self._downloader is None:
             return
@@ -2052,7 +2058,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtractor):
                      |
                         (%(playlist_id)s)
                      )""" % {'playlist_id': YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor._PLAYLIST_ID_RE}
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s&disable_polymer=true'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=%s'
     _VIDEO_RE = r'href="\s*/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?index=(?P<index>\d+)(?:[^>]+>(?P<title>[^<]+))?'
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:playlist'
     _TESTS = [{