diff --git a/utils/downloads.py b/utils/downloads.py
index 2610f3c66..e73991954 100644
--- a/utils/downloads.py
+++ b/utils/downloads.py
@@ -120,11 +120,9 @@ def attempt_download(file, repo='ultralytics/yolov5', release='v7.0'):
 
         file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # make parent dir (if required)
         if name in assets:
-            url3 = 'https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EFQTEUeXWSFww0luse2jB9M1QNZQGwNl'  # backup gdrive mirror
-            safe_download(
-                file,
-                url=f'https://github.com/{repo}/releases/download/{tag}/{name}',
-                min_bytes=1E5,
-                error_msg=f'{file} missing, try downloading from https://github.com/{repo}/releases/{tag} or {url3}')
+            safe_download(file,
+                          url=f'https://github.com/{repo}/releases/download/{tag}/{name}',
+                          min_bytes=1E5,
+                          error_msg=f'{file} missing, try downloading from https://github.com/{repo}/releases/{tag}')
 
     return str(file)