diff --git a/src/csbot/plugins/youtube.py b/src/csbot/plugins/youtube.py
index ead5d495..70a264a1 100644
--- a/src/csbot/plugins/youtube.py
+++ b/src/csbot/plugins/youtube.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Youtube(Plugin):
         'api_key': ['YOUTUBE_DATA_API_KEY'],
     }
 
-    RESPONSE = '"{title}" [{duration}] (by {uploader} at {uploaded}) | Views: {views} [{likes}]'
+    RESPONSE = '"{title}" [{duration}] (by {uploader} at {uploaded}) | Views: {views}'
     CMD_RESPONSE = RESPONSE + ' | {link}'
 
     async def get_video_json(self, id):
@@ -130,13 +130,6 @@ async def _yt(self, url):
         except KeyError:
             vid_info["views"] = "N/A"
 
-        try:
-            likes = int(json["statistics"]["likeCount"])
-            dislikes = int(json["statistics"]["dislikeCount"])
-            vid_info["likes"] = "+{:,}/-{:,}".format(likes, dislikes)
-        except KeyError:
-            vid_info["likes"] = "N/A"
-
         return vid_info
 
     @Plugin.integrate_with('linkinfo')
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin_youtube.py b/tests/test_plugin_youtube.py
index c221b88b..d51c87f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin_youtube.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin_youtube.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "youtube_fItlK6L-khc.json",
         {'link': 'http://youtu.be/fItlK6L-khc', 'uploader': 'BruceWillakers',
          'uploaded': '2014-08-29', 'views': '28,843', 'duration': '21:00',
-         'likes': '+1,192/-13', 'title': 'Trouble In Terrorist Town | Hiding in Fire'}
+         'title': 'Trouble In Terrorist Town | Hiding in Fire'}
     ),
 
     # Unicode
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "vZ_YpOvRd3o",
         200,
         "youtube_vZ_YpOvRd3o.json",
-        {'title': "Oh! it's just me! / Фух! Это всего лишь я!", 'likes': '+12,571/-155',
+        {'title': "Oh! it's just me! / Фух! Это всего лишь я!",
          'duration': '00:24', 'uploader': 'ignoramusky', 'uploaded': '2014-08-26',
          'views': '6,054,406', 'link': 'http://youtu.be/vZ_YpOvRd3o'}
     ),
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "sw4hmqVPe0E",
         200,
         "youtube_sw4hmqVPe0E.json",
-        {'title': "Sky News Live", 'likes': '+2,195/-586',
+        {'title': "Sky News Live",
          'duration': 'LIVE', 'uploader': 'Sky News', 'uploaded': '2015-03-24',
          'views': '2,271,999', 'link': 'http://youtu.be/sw4hmqVPe0E'}
     ),
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         "539OnO-YImk",
         200,
         "youtube_539OnO-YImk.json",
-        {'title': 'sharpest Underwear kitchen knife in the world', 'likes': '+52,212/-2,209',
+        {'title': 'sharpest Underwear kitchen knife in the world',
          'duration': '12:24', 'uploader': '圧倒的不審者の極み!', 'uploaded': '2018-07-14',
          'views': '2,710,723', 'link': 'http://youtu.be/539OnO-YImk'}
     ),