-        systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
-
-        xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
-        if xdg_config_home:
-            userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl', 'config')
-            if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
-                userConfFile = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'youtube-dl.conf')
-        else:
-            userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl', 'config')
-            if not os.path.isfile(userConfFile):
-                userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
-        userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile, None)
-
-        if userConf is None:
-            appdata_dir = os.environ.get('appdata')
-            if appdata_dir:
-                userConf = _readOptions(
-                    os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config'),
-                    default=None)
-                if userConf is None:
-                    userConf = _readOptions(
-                        os.path.join(appdata_dir, 'youtube-dl', 'config.txt'),
-                        default=None)
-
-        if userConf is None:
-            userConf = _readOptions(
-                os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf'),
-                default=None)
-        if userConf is None:
-            userConf = _readOptions(
-                os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'youtube-dl.conf.txt'),
-                default=None)
-
-        if userConf is None:
-            userConf = []
-