diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 431d59351..ebf2e3cea 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import base64
 import collections
-import datetime
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import json
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
index a3079151a..2cd7ba02e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TikTokBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         user_url = self._UPLOADER_URL_FORMAT % (traverse_obj(author_info,
                                                              'sec_uid', 'id', 'uid', 'unique_id',
                                                              expected_type=str_or_none, get_all=False))
-        labels = traverse_obj(aweme_detail, ('hybrid_label', ..., 'text'), expected_type=str)
+        labels = traverse_obj(aweme_detail, ('hybrid_label', ..., 'text'), expected_type=str, default=[])
 
         contained_music_track = traverse_obj(
             music_info, ('matched_song', 'title'), ('matched_pgc_sound', 'title'), expected_type=str)