diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbPrescanTask.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbPrescanTask.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cc053c644..0000000000
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbPrescanTask.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,401 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Xml;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Xml;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.TheTVDB
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Class TvdbPrescanTask
-    /// </summary>
-    public class TvdbPrescanTask : ILibraryPostScanTask
-    {
-        public const string TvdbBaseUrl = "https://thetvdb.com/";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The server time URL
-        /// </summary>
-        private const string ServerTimeUrl = TvdbBaseUrl + "api/Updates.php?type=none";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The updates URL
-        /// </summary>
-        private const string UpdatesUrl = TvdbBaseUrl + "api/Updates.php?type=all&time={0}";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _HTTP client
-        /// </summary>
-        private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _logger
-        /// </summary>
-        private readonly ILogger _logger;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _config
-        /// </summary>
-        private readonly IServerConfigurationManager _config;
-        private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
-        private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-        private readonly IXmlReaderSettingsFactory _xmlSettings;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TvdbPrescanTask"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        /// <param name="httpClient">The HTTP client.</param>
-        /// <param name="config">The config.</param>
-        public TvdbPrescanTask(ILogger logger, IHttpClient httpClient, IServerConfigurationManager config, IFileSystem fileSystem, ILibraryManager libraryManager, IXmlReaderSettingsFactory xmlSettings)
-        {
-            _logger = logger;
-            _httpClient = httpClient;
-            _config = config;
-            _fileSystem = fileSystem;
-            _libraryManager = libraryManager;
-            _xmlSettings = xmlSettings;
-        }
-
-        protected readonly CultureInfo UsCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Runs the specified progress.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        public async Task Run(IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            return;
-            var path = "";
-            //var path = TvdbSeriesProvider.GetSeriesDataPath(_config.CommonApplicationPaths);
-
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
-
-            var timestampFile = Path.Combine(path, "time.txt");
-
-            var timestampFileInfo = _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(timestampFile);
-
-            // Don't check for tvdb updates anymore frequently than 24 hours
-            if (timestampFileInfo.Exists && (DateTime.UtcNow - _fileSystem.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(timestampFileInfo)).TotalDays < 1)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Find out the last time we queried tvdb for updates
-            var lastUpdateTime = timestampFileInfo.Exists ? File.ReadAllText(timestampFile, Encoding.UTF8) : string.Empty;
-
-            string newUpdateTime;
-
-            var existingDirectories = _fileSystem.GetDirectoryPaths(path)
-                .Select(Path.GetFileName)
-                .ToList();
-
-            var seriesList = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery()
-            {
-                IncludeItemTypes = new[] { typeof(Series).Name },
-                Recursive = true,
-                GroupByPresentationUniqueKey = false,
-                DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false)
-                {
-                    EnableImages = false
-                }
-
-            }).Cast<Series>()
-            .ToList();
-
-            var seriesIdsInLibrary = seriesList
-               .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb)))
-               .Select(i => i.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb))
-               .ToList();
-
-            var missingSeries = seriesIdsInLibrary.Except(existingDirectories, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                .ToList();
-
-            var enableInternetProviders = seriesList.Count == 0 ? false : seriesList[0].IsMetadataFetcherEnabled(_libraryManager.GetLibraryOptions(seriesList[0]), TvdbSeriesProvider.Current.Name);
-            if (!enableInternetProviders)
-            {
-                progress.Report(100);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // If this is our first time, update all series
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastUpdateTime))
-            {
-                // First get tvdb server time
-                using (var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(new HttpRequestOptions
-                {
-                    Url = ServerTimeUrl,
-                    CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
-                    EnableHttpCompression = true,
-                    BufferContent = false
-
-                }, "GET").ConfigureAwait(false))
-                {
-                    // First get tvdb server time
-                    using (var stream = response.Content)
-                    {
-                        newUpdateTime = GetUpdateTime(stream);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                existingDirectories.AddRange(missingSeries);
-
-                await UpdateSeries(existingDirectories, path, null, progress, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var seriesToUpdate = await GetSeriesIdsToUpdate(existingDirectories, lastUpdateTime, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                newUpdateTime = seriesToUpdate.Item2;
-
-                long.TryParse(lastUpdateTime, NumberStyles.Any, UsCulture, out var lastUpdateValue);
-
-                var nullableUpdateValue = lastUpdateValue == 0 ? (long?)null : lastUpdateValue;
-
-                var listToUpdate = seriesToUpdate.Item1.ToList();
-                listToUpdate.AddRange(missingSeries);
-
-                await UpdateSeries(listToUpdate, path, nullableUpdateValue, progress, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-
-            File.WriteAllText(timestampFile, newUpdateTime, Encoding.UTF8);
-            progress.Report(100);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the update time.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="response">The response.</param>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        private string GetUpdateTime(Stream response)
-        {
-            var settings = _xmlSettings.Create(false);
-
-            settings.CheckCharacters = false;
-            settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
-            settings.IgnoreComments = true;
-
-            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(response, Encoding.UTF8))
-            {
-                // Use XmlReader for best performance
-                using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(streamReader, settings))
-                {
-                    reader.MoveToContent();
-                    reader.Read();
-
-                    // Loop through each element
-                    while (!reader.EOF && reader.ReadState == ReadState.Interactive)
-                    {
-                        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
-                        {
-                            switch (reader.Name)
-                            {
-                                case "Time":
-                                    {
-                                        return (reader.ReadElementContentAsString() ?? string.Empty).Trim();
-                                    }
-                                default:
-                                    reader.Skip();
-                                    break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            reader.Read();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the series ids to update.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="existingSeriesIds">The existing series ids.</param>
-        /// <param name="lastUpdateTime">The last update time.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task{IEnumerable{System.String}}.</returns>
-        private async Task<Tuple<IEnumerable<string>, string>> GetSeriesIdsToUpdate(IEnumerable<string> existingSeriesIds, string lastUpdateTime, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            // First get last time
-            using (var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(new HttpRequestOptions
-            {
-                Url = string.Format(UpdatesUrl, lastUpdateTime),
-                CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
-                EnableHttpCompression = true,
-                BufferContent = false
-
-            }, "GET").ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                using (var stream = response.Content)
-                {
-                    var data = GetUpdatedSeriesIdList(stream);
-
-                    var existingDictionary = existingSeriesIds.ToDictionary(i => i, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-                    var seriesList = data.Item1
-                        .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(i) && existingDictionary.ContainsKey(i));
-
-                    return new Tuple<IEnumerable<string>, string>(seriesList, data.Item2);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private Tuple<List<string>, string> GetUpdatedSeriesIdList(Stream stream)
-        {
-            string updateTime = null;
-            var idList = new List<string>();
-
-            var settings = _xmlSettings.Create(false);
-
-            settings.CheckCharacters = false;
-            settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
-            settings.IgnoreComments = true;
-
-            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
-            {
-                // Use XmlReader for best performance
-                using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(streamReader, settings))
-                {
-                    reader.MoveToContent();
-                    reader.Read();
-
-                    // Loop through each element
-                    while (!reader.EOF && reader.ReadState == ReadState.Interactive)
-                    {
-                        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
-                        {
-                            switch (reader.Name)
-                            {
-                                case "Time":
-                                    {
-                                        updateTime = (reader.ReadElementContentAsString() ?? string.Empty).Trim();
-                                        break;
-                                    }
-                                case "Series":
-                                    {
-                                        var id = (reader.ReadElementContentAsString() ?? string.Empty).Trim();
-                                        idList.Add(id);
-                                        break;
-                                    }
-                                default:
-                                    reader.Skip();
-                                    break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            reader.Read();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return new Tuple<List<string>, string>(idList, updateTime);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the series.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="seriesIds">The series ids.</param>
-        /// <param name="seriesDataPath">The series data path.</param>
-        /// <param name="lastTvDbUpdateTime">The last tv db update time.</param>
-        /// <param name="progress">The progress.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        private async Task UpdateSeries(List<string> seriesIds, string seriesDataPath, long? lastTvDbUpdateTime, IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var numComplete = 0;
-
-            var seriesList = _libraryManager.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery()
-            {
-                IncludeItemTypes = new[] { typeof(Series).Name },
-                Recursive = true,
-                GroupByPresentationUniqueKey = false,
-                DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false)
-                {
-                    EnableImages = false
-                }
-
-            }).Cast<Series>();
-
-            // Gather all series into a lookup by tvdb id
-            var allSeries = seriesList
-                .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb)))
-                .ToLookup(i => i.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb));
-
-            foreach (var seriesId in seriesIds)
-            {
-                // Find the preferred language(s) for the movie in the library
-                var languages = allSeries[seriesId]
-                    .Select(i => i.GetPreferredMetadataLanguage())
-                    .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                    .ToList();
-
-                foreach (var language in languages)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        await UpdateSeries(seriesId, seriesDataPath, lastTvDbUpdateTime, language, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    }
-                    catch (HttpException ex)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError(ex, "Error updating tvdb series id {ID}, language {Language}", seriesId, language);
-
-                        // Already logged at lower levels, but don't fail the whole operation, unless timed out
-                        // We have to fail this to make it run again otherwise new episode data could potentially be missing
-                        if (ex.IsTimedOut)
-                        {
-                            throw;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                numComplete++;
-                double percent = numComplete;
-                percent /= seriesIds.Count;
-                percent *= 100;
-
-                progress.Report(percent);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the series.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
-        /// <param name="seriesDataPath">The series data path.</param>
-        /// <param name="lastTvDbUpdateTime">The last tv db update time.</param>
-        /// <param name="preferredMetadataLanguage">The preferred metadata language.</param>
-        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
-        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
-        private Task UpdateSeries(string id, string seriesDataPath, long? lastTvDbUpdateTime, string preferredMetadataLanguage, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Updating series from tvdb " + id + ", language " + preferredMetadataLanguage);
-
-            seriesDataPath = Path.Combine(seriesDataPath, id);
-
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(seriesDataPath);
-
-            //return TvdbSeriesProvider.Current.DownloadSeriesZip(id, MetadataProviders.Tvdb.ToString(), null, null, seriesDataPath, lastTvDbUpdateTime, preferredMetadataLanguage, cancellationToken);
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvExternalIds.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvExternalIds.cs
index 5c246e3000..f50ebc1afd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvExternalIds.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvExternalIds.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
         public string Key => MetadataProviders.Tvdb.ToString();
 
-        public string UrlFormatString => TvdbPrescanTask.TvdbBaseUrl + "?tab=series&id={0}";
+        public string UrlFormatString => "https://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id={0}";
 
         public bool Supports(IHasProviderIds item)
         {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
 
         public string Key => MetadataProviders.Tvdb.ToString();
 
-        public string UrlFormatString => TvdbPrescanTask.TvdbBaseUrl + "?tab=episode&id={0}";
+        public string UrlFormatString => "https://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&id={0}";
 
         public bool Supports(IHasProviderIds item)
         {