diff --git a/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/tests/test_youtube_stub.py b/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/tests/test_youtube_stub.py
index d9ecd03ac9..3afe6308d4 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/tests/test_youtube_stub.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/tests/test_youtube_stub.py
@@ -74,16 +74,3 @@ class StubYouTubeServiceTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # ensure that server config dict is empty after successful reset
         self.assertEqual(self.server.config, {})
-
-
-    def test_iframe_response_is_up_to_date(self):
-        """
-        Check if IFRAME_API_RESPONSE is up-to-date.
-
-        This should prevent issues with IFRAME_API_RESPONSE hard-coding, 
-        when hard-coded version is different from actual.
-        """
-        self.assertEqual(
-            IFRAME_API_RESPONSE,
-            requests.get('https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api').content.strip("\n")
-        )
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/youtube.py b/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/youtube.py
index 2961c7a182..2bd29f79ad 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/youtube.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/terrain/stubs/youtube.py
@@ -20,20 +20,11 @@ from .http import StubHttpRequestHandler, StubHttpService
 import json
 import time
 import requests
-import textwrap
 from urlparse import urlparse
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 
-IFRAME_API_RESPONSE = textwrap.dedent(
-    "if (!window['YT']) {var YT = {loading: 0,loaded: 0};}if (!window['YTConfig']) {var YTConfig"
-    " = {'host': 'http://www.youtube.com'};}if (!YT.loading) {YT.loading = 1;(function(){var l ="
-    " [];YT.ready = function(f) {if (YT.loaded) {f();} else {l.push(f);}};window.onYTReady ="
-    " function() {YT.loaded = 1;for (var i = 0; i < l.length; i++) {try {l[i]();} catch (e) "
-    "{}}};YT.setConfig = function(c) {for (var k in c) {if (c.hasOwnProperty(k)) {YTConfig[k]"
-    " = c[k];}}};var a = document.createElement('script');a.id = 'www-widgetapi-script';a.src"
-    " = 'https:' + '//s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/www-widgetapi-vflT-xPmY/www-widgetapi.js';a.async"
-    " = true;var b = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];b.parentNode.insertBefore(a, b);})();}")
+IFRAME_API_RESPONSE = requests.get('https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api').content.strip("\n")
 
 
 class StubYouTubeHandler(StubHttpRequestHandler):