from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     get_element_by_attribute,
-    sanitized_Request,
 )
 
 
             headers = {
                 'Referer': req_url,
             }
+            headers.update(self.geo_verification_headers())
             self._set_cookie('youku.com', 'xreferrer', 'http://www.youku.com')
-            req = sanitized_Request(req_url, headers=headers)
 
-            cn_verification_proxy = self._downloader.params.get('cn_verification_proxy')
-            if cn_verification_proxy:
-                req.add_header('Ytdl-request-proxy', cn_verification_proxy)
-
-            raw_data = self._download_json(req, video_id, note=note)
+            raw_data = self._download_json(req_url, video_id, note=note, headers=headers)
 
             return raw_data['data']