diff --git a/lib/otw_sanitize/embed_sanitizer.rb b/lib/otw_sanitize/embed_sanitizer.rb
index a9ffaf55431..98e36aeea94 100644
--- a/lib/otw_sanitize/embed_sanitizer.rb
+++ b/lib/otw_sanitize/embed_sanitizer.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class EmbedSanitizer
       archiveorg: %r{^archive\.org/embed/},
       bilibili: %r{^(player\.)?bilibili\.com/},
       criticalcommons: %r{^criticalcommons\.org/},
-      google: %r{^google\.com/},
       podfic: %r{^podfic\.com/},
       soundcloud: %r{^(w\.)?soundcloud\.com/},
       spotify: %r{^(open\.)?spotify\.com/},
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ class EmbedSanitizer
     }.freeze
 
     ALLOWS_FLASHVARS = %i[
-      criticalcommons eighttracks google
-      podfic soundcloud spotify viddersnet
+      criticalcommons eighttracks podfic
+      soundcloud spotify viddersnet
     ].freeze
 
     SUPPORTS_HTTPS = %i[
diff --git a/spec/lib/html_cleaner_spec.rb b/spec/lib/html_cleaner_spec.rb
index 0c2eee160a3..64e8ea33dea 100644
--- a/spec/lib/html_cleaner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/html_cleaner_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def one_cell_table(content)
     ArchiveConfig.FIELDS_ALLOWING_MEDIA_EMBEDS.each do |field|
       context "#{field} is configured to allow media embeds" do
         %w[youtube.com youtube-nocookie.com vimeo.com player.vimeo.com 
-           vidders.net criticalcommons.org google.com podfic.com archive.org
+           vidders.net criticalcommons.org podfic.com archive.org
            open.spotify.com spotify.com w.soundcloud.com soundcloud.com viddertube.com
            bilibili.com player.bilibili.com 4shared.com/web/embed audio.com/embed/audio].each do |source|
 
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ def one_cell_table(content)
           end
         end
 
-        it "keeps google player embeds without closing tag" do
-          # HTML5 disallows </embed>, according to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/embed#technical_summary
-          html1 = '<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audioUrl=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/123/foo.mp3" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/123-audio-player.swf" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal">'
-          html2 = "#{html1}</embed>"
-          result = sanitize_value(field, html2)
-          expect(result).to eq(html1)
-        end
-
         it "strips embeds with unknown source" do
           html = '<embed src="http://www.evil.org"></embed>'
           result = sanitize_value(field, html)