diff --git a/utils/downloads.py b/utils/downloads.py
index 73b8334cb94a..60417c1f8835 100644
--- a/utils/downloads.py
+++ b/utils/downloads.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def is_url(url, check=True):
     try:
         url = str(url)
         result = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
-        assert all([result.scheme, result.netloc, result.path])  # check if is url
+        assert all([result.scheme, result.netloc])  # check if is url
         return (urllib.request.urlopen(url).getcode() == 200) if check else True  # check if exists online
     except (AssertionError, urllib.request.HTTPError):
         return False