diff --git a/pafy/backend_internal.py b/pafy/backend_internal.py
index 9ccdc28..4583b75 100644
--- a/pafy/backend_internal.py
+++ b/pafy/backend_internal.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ def _fetch_gdata(self):
         self._username = uni(snippet['channelTitle'])
         statistics = item["statistics"]
         self._likes = int(statistics["likeCount"])
-        self._dislikes = int(statistics["dislikeCount"])
         self._have_gdata = 1
 
 
diff --git a/pafy/backend_shared.py b/pafy/backend_shared.py
index 6870759..69909c5 100644
--- a/pafy/backend_shared.py
+++ b/pafy/backend_shared.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ def __init__(self, video_url, basic=True, gdata=False,
 
         self._description = None
         self._likes = None
-        self._dislikes = None
         self._category = None
         self._published = None
         self._username = None
@@ -317,14 +316,6 @@ def likes(self):
 
         return self._likes
 
-    @property
-    def dislikes(self):
-        """ The number of dislikes for the video. Returns int. """
-        if not self._dislikes:
-            self._fetch_basic()
-
-        return self._dislikes
-
     @property
     def mix(self):
         """ The playlist for the related YouTube mix. Returns a Playlist object. """
diff --git a/pafy/backend_youtube_dl.py b/pafy/backend_youtube_dl.py
index d9a19a4..6c29e76 100644
--- a/pafy/backend_youtube_dl.py
+++ b/pafy/backend_youtube_dl.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def _fetch_basic(self):
         self._length = self._ydl_info['duration']
         self._viewcount = self._ydl_info['view_count']
         self._likes = self._ydl_info.get('like_count', 0)
-        self._dislikes = self._ydl_info.get('dislike_count', 0)
         self._username = self._ydl_info['uploader_id']
         self._category = self._ydl_info['categories'][0] if self._ydl_info['categories'] else ''
         self._bestthumb = self._ydl_info['thumbnails'][0]['url']
diff --git a/pafy/playlist.py b/pafy/playlist.py
index 6e164e1..0533198 100644
--- a/pafy/playlist.py
+++ b/pafy/playlist.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def get_playlist(playlist_url, basic=False, gdata=False,
         likes=allinfo.get('likes'),
         title=allinfo.get('title'),
         author=allinfo.get('author'),
-        dislikes=allinfo.get('dislikes'),
         description=allinfo.get('description'),
         items=[]
     )
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ def get_playlist(playlist_url, basic=False, gdata=False,
             user_id=v.get('user_id'),
             privacy=v.get('privacy'),
             start=v.get('start', 0.0),
-            dislikes=v.get('dislikes'),
             duration=v.get('duration'),
             comments=v.get('comments'),
             keywords=v.get('keywords'),
@@ -333,7 +331,6 @@ def dict_for_playlist(v):
         category=get_categoryname(v['snippet']['categoryId']),
         views=stats.get('viewCount', 0),
         likes=stats.get('likeCount', 0),
-        dislikes=stats.get('dislikeCount', 0),
         comments=stats.get('commentCount', 0),
     )