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diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
index f8b69d186..af405b950 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ from ..utils import (
     encodeFilename,
     sanitize_open,
     sanitized_Request,
+    write_xattr,
+    XAttrMetadataError,
+    XAttrUnavailableError,
 )
 
 
@@ -179,9 +182,8 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
 
                 if self.params.get('xattr_set_filesize', False) and data_len is not None:
                     try:
-                        import xattr
-                        xattr.setxattr(tmpfilename, 'user.ytdl.filesize', str(data_len))
-                    except(OSError, IOError, ImportError) as err:
+                        write_xattr(tmpfilename, 'user.ytdl.filesize', str(data_len).encode('utf-8'))
+                    except (XAttrUnavailableError, XAttrMetadataError) as err:
                         self.report_error('unable to set filesize xattr: %s' % str(err))
 
             try: