diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/kinetics.py b/torchvision/datasets/kinetics.py
index 2c8faa343d6..7b52991b3cd 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/kinetics.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/kinetics.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def __init__(self, root, frames_per_clip, step_between_clips=1, frame_rate=None,
                  num_workers=1, _video_width=0, _video_height=0,
                  _video_min_dimension=0, _audio_samples=0):
         super(Kinetics400, self).__init__(root)
-        extensions = ('avi',)
 
         classes = list(sorted(list_dir(root)))
         class_to_idx = {classes[i]: i for i in range(len(classes))}