diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index 94be8f8..4cbd5cb 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics YOLO 🚀, AGPL-3.0 license
 
-__version__ = '8.0.117'
+__version__ = '8.0.118'
 
 from ultralytics.hub import start
 from ultralytics.vit.rtdetr import RTDETR
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/checks.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/checks.py
index 8d862a5..03b5048 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/checks.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/checks.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import requests
 import torch
 from matplotlib import font_manager
 
-from ultralytics.yolo.utils import (AUTOINSTALL, LOGGER, ONLINE, RANK, ROOT, USER_CONFIG_DIR, TryExcept, clean_url,
-                                    colorstr, downloads, emojis, is_colab, is_docker, is_kaggle, is_online,
-                                    is_pip_package, url2file)
+from ultralytics.yolo.utils import (AUTOINSTALL, LOGGER, ONLINE, ROOT, USER_CONFIG_DIR, TryExcept, clean_url, colorstr,
+                                    downloads, emojis, is_colab, is_docker, is_kaggle, is_online, is_pip_package,
+                                    url2file)
 
 
 def is_ascii(s) -> bool:
@@ -164,26 +164,23 @@ def check_font(font='Arial.ttf'):
     Returns:
         file (Path): Resolved font file path.
     """
-    from ultralytics.yolo.utils.torch_utils import torch_distributed_zero_first
-
-    with torch_distributed_zero_first(RANK):
-        name = Path(font).name
-
-        # Check USER_CONFIG_DIR
-        file = USER_CONFIG_DIR / name
-        if file.exists():
-            return file
-
-        # Check system fonts
-        matches = [s for s in font_manager.findSystemFonts() if font in s]
-        if any(matches):
-            return matches[0]
-
-        # Download to USER_CONFIG_DIR if missing
-        url = f'https://ultralytics.com/assets/{name}'
-        if downloads.is_url(url):
-            downloads.safe_download(url=url, file=file)
-            return file
+    name = Path(font).name
+
+    # Check USER_CONFIG_DIR
+    file = USER_CONFIG_DIR / name
+    if file.exists():
+        return file
+
+    # Check system fonts
+    matches = [s for s in font_manager.findSystemFonts() if font in s]
+    if any(matches):
+        return matches[0]
+
+    # Download to USER_CONFIG_DIR if missing
+    url = f'https://ultralytics.com/assets/{name}'
+    if downloads.is_url(url):
+        downloads.safe_download(url=url, file=file)
+        return file
 
 
 def check_python(minimum: str = '3.7.0') -> bool: