diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/utils.py b/torchvision/datasets/utils.py
index 2fd89e4c5a2..e3222eca41d 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/utils.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def list_files(root: str, suffix: str, prefix: bool = False) -> List[str]:
     return files
 
 
-def _quota_exceeded(first_chunk: bytes) -> bool:  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+def _quota_exceeded(first_chunk: bytes) -> bool:
     try:
         return "Google Drive - Quota exceeded" in first_chunk.decode()
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
@@ -199,38 +199,28 @@ def download_file_from_google_drive(file_id: str, root: str, filename: Optional[
         filename (str, optional): Name to save the file under. If None, use the id of the file.
         md5 (str, optional): MD5 checksum of the download. If None, do not check
     """
-    # Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38511444/python-download-files-from-google-drive-using-url
-    import requests
-
-    url = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download"
+    url = f"https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id={file_id}"
 
     root = os.path.expanduser(root)
     if not filename:
         filename = file_id
     fpath = os.path.join(root, filename)
 
-    os.makedirs(root, exist_ok=True)
-
     if os.path.isfile(fpath) and check_integrity(fpath, md5):
         print("Using downloaded and verified file: " + fpath)
-    else:
-        session = requests.Session()
-
-        response = session.get(url, params={"id": file_id}, stream=True)
-        token = _get_confirm_token(response)
+        return
 
-        if token:
-            params = {"id": file_id, "confirm": token}
-            response = session.get(url, params=params, stream=True)
+    os.makedirs(root, exist_ok=True)
 
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
         # Ideally, one would use response.status_code to check for quota limits, but google drive is not consistent
         # with their own API, refer https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/2992#issuecomment-730614517.
         # Should this be fixed at some place in future, one could refactor the following to no longer rely on decoding
         # the first_chunk of the payload
-        response_content_generator = response.iter_content(32768)
+        content = iter(lambda: response.read(32768), b"")
         first_chunk = None
         while not first_chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
-            first_chunk = next(response_content_generator)
+            first_chunk = next(content)
 
         if _quota_exceeded(first_chunk):
             msg = (
@@ -240,8 +230,7 @@ def download_file_from_google_drive(file_id: str, root: str, filename: Optional[
             )
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
-        _save_response_content(itertools.chain((first_chunk,), response_content_generator), fpath)
-        response.close()
+        _save_response_content(itertools.chain((first_chunk,), content), fpath)
 
 
 def _get_confirm_token(response: "requests.models.Response") -> Optional[str]:  # type: ignore[name-defined]