diff --git a/IMDb/plugin.py b/IMDb/plugin.py
index 2abcf8c..4091e01 100644
--- a/IMDb/plugin.py
+++ b/IMDb/plugin.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
 import supybot.ircmsgs as ircmsgs
 import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
 import requests
-import json
-import re
 from fake_useragent import UserAgent
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
@@ -85,16 +83,14 @@ class IMDb(callbacks.Plugin):
 
         channel = msg.args[0]
         result = None
-        ua = UserAgent()
-        headers = {'User-Agent':str(ua.random)}
 
         self.log.info("IMDb: requesting %s" % omdb_url)
 
         try:
-            request = requests.get(omdb_url, timeout=10, headers=headers)
+            request = requests.get(omdb_url, timeout=10)
 
             if request.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
-                response = json.loads(request.text)
+                response = request.json()
 
                 not_found = "Error" in response
                 unknown_error = response["Response"] != "True"
diff --git a/YouTube/plugin.py b/YouTube/plugin.py
index fd209ef..774de03 100644
--- a/YouTube/plugin.py
+++ b/YouTube/plugin.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
 import supybot.log as log
 import requests
 import pendulum
-import json
 import re
 from jinja2 import Template
 from fake_useragent import UserAgent
@@ -172,8 +171,6 @@ class YouTube(callbacks.Plugin):
 
         channel = msg.args[0]
         result = None
-        ua = UserAgent()
-        headers = {'User-Agent':str(ua.random)}
 
         yt_template = Template(self.registryValue("template", dynamic.channel))
         title = ""
@@ -191,11 +188,11 @@ class YouTube(callbacks.Plugin):
 
             log.debug("YouTube: requesting %s" % (api_url))
 
-            request = requests.get(api_url, headers=headers)
+            request = requests.get(api_url)
             ok = request.status_code == requests.codes.ok
 
             if ok:
-                response = json.loads(request.text)
+                response = request.json()
 
                 if response:
                     try: