diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index 3091023a..7c94a43e 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, request):
 
     recipe_json['steps'] = []
     try:
-        for i in parse_instructions(scrape.instructions()):
+        for i in parse_instructions(scrape.instructions_list()):
             recipe_json['steps'].append({'instruction': i, 'ingredients': [], })
     except Exception:
         pass
@@ -248,6 +248,22 @@ def clean_instruction_string(instruction):
     normalized_string = normalize_string(instruction)
     normalized_string = normalized_string.replace('\n', '  \n')
     normalized_string = normalized_string.replace('  \n  \n', '\n\n')
+
+    # handle unsupported, special UTF8 character in Thermomix-specific instructions,
+    # that happen in nearly every receipe on Cookidoo, Zaubertopf Club, Rezeptwelt
+    # and in thermomix-spefici recipes on many other sites
+    return normalized_string \
+        .replace("<nobr>", "**") \
+        .replace("</nobr>", "**") \
+        .replace("", _('Linkslauf')) \
+        .replace("", _('Kochlöffel')) \
+        .replace("", _('Kneten')) \
+        .replace("Andicken ", _('Andicken')) \
+        .replace("Erwärmen ", _('Erwärmen')) \
+        .replace("Fermentieren ", _('Fermentieren')) \
+        .replace("Rühraufsatz einsetzen", "**Rühraufsatz einsetzen**") \
+        .replace("Rühraufsatz entfernen", "**Rühraufsatz entfernen**")
+
     return normalized_string
 
 
diff --git a/cookbook/helper/scrapers/cookidoo.py b/cookbook/helper/scrapers/cookidoo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 99f1ea08..00000000
--- a/cookbook/helper/scrapers/cookidoo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-from recipe_scrapers._abstract import AbstractScraper
-from gettext import gettext as _
-
-
-class Cookidoo(AbstractScraper):
-
-    def normalize_instruction(self, instruction):
-        if instruction is None:
-            return ""
-        # handle Thermomix-specific instructions that happen in nearly every receipe on Cookidoo
-        return instruction \
-            .replace("<nobr>", "**") \
-            .replace("</nobr>", "**") \
-            .replace("", _('Linkslauf')) \
-            .replace("", _('Kochlöffel')) \
-            .replace("", _('Kneten')) \
-            .replace("Andicken ", _('Andicken')) \
-            .replace("Erwärmen ", _('Erwärmen')) \
-            .replace("Fermentieren ", _('Fermentieren')) \
-            .replace("Rühraufsatz einsetzen", "**Rühraufsatz einsetzen**") \
-            .replace("Rühraufsatz entfernen", "**Rühraufsatz entfernen**")
-
-    def instructions(self):
-        instructions = self.schema.data.get("recipeInstructions") or ""
-
-        if isinstance(instructions, list):
-            instructions_gist = []
-            for schema_instruction_item in instructions:
-                # combine lists of instructions per section into a flat list
-                instructions_gist += self.extract_instructions_text(schema_instruction_item, "",)
-
-            steps = []
-            for instruction in instructions_gist:
-                steps.append(self.normalize_instruction(instruction))
-
-            return steps
-
-        return instructions
-
-    def extract_instructions_text(self, schema_item, prefix):
-        instructions_gist = []
-        if type(schema_item) is str:
-            instructions_gist.append(prefix + schema_item)
-        elif schema_item.get("@type") == "HowToStep":
-            # steps make up simple recipes or a section of a more complex recipe
-            if schema_item.get("name", False):
-                # name may be the text in full or truncated
-                if not schema_item.get("text").startswith(
-                        schema_item.get("name").rstrip(".")
-                ):
-                    instructions_gist.append(schema_item.get("name"))
-            instructions_gist.append(schema_item.get("text"))
-        elif schema_item.get("@type") == "HowToSection":
-            # complex recipes are made up of named sections that are made up of steps
-            section_name = schema_item.get("name") or schema_item.get("Name") or _("Instructions")
-            instructions_gist.append("**" + section_name + "**")
-            for item in schema_item.get("itemListElement"):
-                instructions_gist += self.extract_instructions_text(item, "#" + prefix)
-        return instructions_gist
-
-    def ingredients(self):
-        return self.schema.ingredients()
diff --git a/cookbook/helper/scrapers/scrapers.py b/cookbook/helper/scrapers/scrapers.py
index 01dfa374..7d6c08b1 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/scrapers/scrapers.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/scrapers/scrapers.py
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ from recipe_scrapers._factory import SchemaScraperFactory
 from recipe_scrapers._schemaorg import SchemaOrg
 
 from .cooksillustrated import CooksIllustrated
-from .cookidoo import Cookidoo
 
 CUSTOM_SCRAPERS = {
     CooksIllustrated.host(site="cooksillustrated"): CooksIllustrated,
     CooksIllustrated.host(site="americastestkitchen"): CooksIllustrated,
     CooksIllustrated.host(site="cookscountry"): CooksIllustrated,
-    "cookidoo.de": Cookidoo,
-    "cookidoo.at": Cookidoo,
-    "cookidoo.ch": Cookidoo,
 }
 SCRAPERS.update(CUSTOM_SCRAPERS)