diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
index 72fe66142a..48e2ba2dd1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sohu.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?P<mytv>my\.)?tv\.sohu\.com/.+?/(?(mytv)|n)(?P<id>\d+)\.shtml.*?'
 
+    # Sohu videos give different MD5 sums on Travis CI and my machine
     _TESTS = [{
         'note': 'This video is available only in Mainland China',
         'url': 'http://tv.sohu.com/20130724/n382479172.shtml#super',
-        'md5': '29175c8cadd8b5cc4055001e85d6b372',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '382479172',
             'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
         'skip': 'On available in China',
     }, {
         'url': 'http://tv.sohu.com/20150305/n409385080.shtml',
-        'md5': '699060e75cf58858dd47fb9c03c42cfb',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '409385080',
             'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
     }, {
         'url': 'http://my.tv.sohu.com/us/232799889/78693464.shtml',
-        'md5': '9bf34be48f2f4dadcb226c74127e203c',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '78693464',
             'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': '【神探苍实战秘籍】第13期 战争之影 赫卡里姆',
         },
         'playlist': [{
-            'md5': 'bdbfb8f39924725e6589c146bc1883ad',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '78910339_part1',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -56,7 +53,6 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'title': '【神探苍实战秘籍】第13期 战争之影 赫卡里姆',
             }
         }, {
-            'md5': '3e1f46aaeb95354fd10e7fca9fc1804e',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '78910339_part2',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ class SohuIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'title': '【神探苍实战秘籍】第13期 战争之影 赫卡里姆',
             }
         }, {
-            'md5': '8407e634175fdac706766481b9443450',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '78910339_part3',
                 'ext': 'mp4',