diff --git a/TTS/utils/manage.py b/TTS/utils/manage.py
index 1cd437e611..674b03fbfa 100644
--- a/TTS/utils/manage.py
+++ b/TTS/utils/manage.py
@@ -352,8 +352,9 @@ def check_if_configs_are_equal(self, model_name, model_item, output_path):
                 remote_url = url
                 break
 
-        with fsspec.open(remote_url, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            config_remote = json.load(f)
+        resp = requests.get(remote_url, timeout=2)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        config_remote = resp.json()
 
         if not config_local == config_remote:
             print(f" > {model_name} is already downloaded however it has been changed. Redownloading it...")