diff --git a/monai/apps/utils.py b/monai/apps/utils.py
index 856bc64c9e..0ce49c82a4 100644
--- a/monai/apps/utils.py
+++ b/monai/apps/utils.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def download_url(
             if urlparse(url).netloc == "drive.google.com":
                 if not has_gdown:
                     raise RuntimeError("To download files from Google Drive, please install the gdown dependency.")
-                if "fuzzy" not in gdown_kwargs:
+                if "fuzzy" not in gdown_kwargs and not min_version(gdown, "6.0.0"):  # "fuzzy" dropped in gdown 6.0.0
                     gdown_kwargs["fuzzy"] = True  # default to true for flexible url
                 gdown.download(url, f"{tmp_name}", quiet=not progress, **gdown_kwargs)
             elif urlparse(url).netloc == "cloud-api.yandex.net":
diff --git a/monai/bundle/scripts.py b/monai/bundle/scripts.py
index ab02cd552e..63a774bfea 100644
--- a/monai/bundle/scripts.py
+++ b/monai/bundle/scripts.py
@@ -2005,7 +2005,6 @@ def download_large_files(bundle_path: str | None = None, large_file_name: str |
     parser.read_config(large_file_path)
     large_files_list = parser.get()["large_files"]
     for lf_data in large_files_list:
-        lf_data["fuzzy"] = True
         if "hash_val" in lf_data and lf_data.get("hash_val", "") == "":
             lf_data.pop("hash_val")
         if "hash_type" in lf_data and lf_data.get("hash_type", "") == "":
diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/hovernet.py b/monai/networks/nets/hovernet.py
index f0cb5ab74d..1d652782fa 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/hovernet.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/hovernet.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def _remap_preact_resnet_model(model_url: str):
     pattern_bna = re.compile(r"^(.+\.d\d+)\.blk_bna\.(.+)")
     # download the pretrained weights into torch hub's default dir
     weights_dir = os.path.join(torch.hub.get_dir(), "preact-resnet50.pth")
-    download_url(model_url, fuzzy=True, filepath=weights_dir, progress=False)
+    download_url(model_url, filepath=weights_dir, progress=False)
     map_location = None if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.device("cpu")
     state_dict = torch.load(weights_dir, map_location=map_location, weights_only=True)["desc"]
 
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def _remap_standard_resnet_model(model_url: str, state_dict_key: str | None = No
     pattern_downsample1 = re.compile(r"^(res_blocks.d\d+).+\.downsample\.1\.(.+)")
     # download the pretrained weights into torch hub's default dir
     weights_dir = os.path.join(torch.hub.get_dir(), "resnet50.pth")
-    download_url(model_url, fuzzy=True, filepath=weights_dir, progress=False)
+    download_url(model_url, filepath=weights_dir, progress=False)
     map_location = None if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.device("cpu")
     state_dict = torch.load(weights_dir, map_location=map_location, weights_only=True)
     if state_dict_key is not None: