diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/yandexdisk.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/yandexdisk.py
index a14bd8da70..3214816701 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/yandexdisk.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/yandexdisk.py
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 import json
-import urllib.parse
-
-from html import unescape
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
-    ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
     mimetype2ext,
-    traverse_obj,
     try_get,
     urljoin,
 )
@@ -67,43 +62,6 @@ class YandexDiskIE(InfoExtractor):
             webpage, 'store'), video_id)
         resource = store['resources'][store['rootResourceId']]
 
-        if store['rootResourceId'] == 'password-protected':
-            data = {
-                "hash": resource['hash'],
-                "password": self.get_param('videopassword', default=''),
-                "sk": traverse_obj(store, ('environment', 'sk')),
-            }
-            json_string = json.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'))
-            url_encoded_string = urllib.parse.quote(json_string, safe='')
-            data_bytes = url_encoded_string.encode('utf-8')
-            token = (self._download_json(
-                'https://disk.yandex.ru/public/api/check-password', 
-                video_id, data=data_bytes, fatal=False,
-                headers={
-                    'Accept': '*/*',
-                    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
-                    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
-                    'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
-                    'Origin': 'https://disk.yandex.ru',
-                    'Pragma': 'no-cache',
-                    'Referer': url,
-                    'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'empty',
-                    'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'cors',
-                    'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'same-origin',
-                    'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
-                    'X-Retpath-Y': url,
-                }
-            ) or {}).get('token') or {}
-            if not token:
-                raise ExtractorError('Password incorrect!', expected=True)
-            self._set_cookie('disk.yandex.ru', name='passToken', value=token)
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-            store = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
-                r'<script[^>]+id="store-prefetch"[^>]*>\s*({.+?})\s*</script>',
-                webpage, 'store'), video_id)
-            resource = store['resources'][store['rootResourceId']]
-        
-        thumbnail = unescape(self._og_search_property('image', webpage))
         title = resource['name']
         meta = resource.get('meta') or {}
 
@@ -174,7 +132,6 @@ class YandexDiskIE(InfoExtractor):
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': title,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
             'duration': float_or_none(video_streams.get('duration'), 1000),
             'uploader': display_name,
             'uploader_id': uid,