diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/viu.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/viu.py
index a65843cf63..3df12d7ed4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/viu.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/viu.py
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'id': video_id,
                 'formats': formats,
                 'subtitles': subtitles,
-                'thumbnails': json_ld.get('thumbnails'),
             },
                 traverse_obj(json_ld, {
                     'thumbnails': 'thumbnails',