diff --git a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
index 472a09c9a6e..5ee1afae51e 100644
--- a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
+++ b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 import pyarrow.compute as pc
 from huggingface_hub import CommitOperationAdd, CommitOperationDelete, DatasetCard, DatasetCardData, HfApi
 from multiprocess import Pool
-from requests import HTTPError
 
 from . import config
 from .arrow_reader import ArrowReader
@@ -113,7 +112,8 @@
 from .utils import logging
 from .utils import tqdm as hf_tqdm
 from .utils.deprecation_utils import deprecated
-from .utils.file_utils import _retry, estimate_dataset_size
+from .utils.file_utils import estimate_dataset_size
+from .utils.hub import preupload_lfs_files
 from .utils.info_utils import is_small_dataset
 from .utils.metadata import MetadataConfigs
 from .utils.py_utils import (
@@ -5203,21 +5203,14 @@ def shards_with_embedded_external_files(shards):
             shard.to_parquet(buffer)
             uploaded_size += buffer.tell()
             shard_addition = CommitOperationAdd(path_in_repo=shard_path_in_repo, path_or_fileobj=buffer)
-            _retry(
-                api.preupload_lfs_files,
-                func_kwargs={
-                    "repo_id": repo_id,
-                    "additions": [shard_addition],
-                    "token": token,
-                    "repo_type": "dataset",
-                    "revision": revision,
-                    "create_pr": create_pr,
-                },
-                exceptions=HTTPError,
-                status_codes=[504],
-                base_wait_time=2.0,
-                max_retries=5,
-                max_wait_time=20.0,
+            preupload_lfs_files(
+                api,
+                repo_id=repo_id,
+                additions=[shard_addition],
+                token=token,
+                repo_type="dataset",
+                revision=revision,
+                create_pr=create_pr,
             )
             additions.append(shard_addition)
 
diff --git a/src/datasets/config.py b/src/datasets/config.py
index 851eb7d899f..a8a90b9dbc9 100644
--- a/src/datasets/config.py
+++ b/src/datasets/config.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 FSSPEC_VERSION = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("fsspec"))
 PANDAS_VERSION = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("pandas"))
 PYARROW_VERSION = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("pyarrow"))
+HF_HUB_VERSION = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("huggingface_hub"))
 
 USE_TF = os.environ.get("USE_TF", "AUTO").upper()
 USE_TORCH = os.environ.get("USE_TORCH", "AUTO").upper()
diff --git a/src/datasets/load.py b/src/datasets/load.py
index 6893e94242a..7bd78dc46cb 100644
--- a/src/datasets/load.py
+++ b/src/datasets/load.py
@@ -1332,14 +1332,14 @@ def __init__(
         increase_load_count(name, resource_type="dataset")
 
     def download_loading_script(self) -> str:
-        file_path = hf_hub_url(repo_id=self.name, path=self.name.split("/")[-1] + ".py", revision=self.revision)
+        file_path = hf_hub_url(self.name, self.name.split("/")[-1] + ".py", revision=self.revision)
         download_config = self.download_config.copy()
         if download_config.download_desc is None:
             download_config.download_desc = "Downloading builder script"
         return cached_path(file_path, download_config=download_config)
 
     def download_dataset_infos_file(self) -> str:
-        dataset_infos = hf_hub_url(repo_id=self.name, path=config.DATASETDICT_INFOS_FILENAME, revision=self.revision)
+        dataset_infos = hf_hub_url(self.name, config.DATASETDICT_INFOS_FILENAME, revision=self.revision)
         # Download the dataset infos file if available
         download_config = self.download_config.copy()
         if download_config.download_desc is None:
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ def download_dataset_infos_file(self) -> str:
             return None
 
     def download_dataset_readme_file(self) -> str:
-        readme_url = hf_hub_url(repo_id=self.name, path="README.md", revision=self.revision)
+        readme_url = hf_hub_url(self.name, "README.md", revision=self.revision)
         # Download the dataset infos file if available
         download_config = self.download_config.copy()
         if download_config.download_desc is None:
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ def get_module(self) -> DatasetModule:
         imports = get_imports(local_path)
         local_imports = _download_additional_modules(
             name=self.name,
-            base_path=hf_hub_url(repo_id=self.name, path="", revision=self.revision),
+            base_path=hf_hub_url(self.name, "", revision=self.revision),
             imports=imports,
             download_config=self.download_config,
         )
diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
index 03cd91d0bbe..e96a0b9db02 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from contextlib import closing, contextmanager
 from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Optional, TypeVar, Union
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 import fsspec
@@ -279,32 +279,6 @@ def _raise_if_offline_mode_is_enabled(msg: Optional[str] = None):
         )
 
 
-def _retry(
-    func,
-    func_args: Optional[tuple] = None,
-    func_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
-    exceptions: Type[requests.exceptions.RequestException] = requests.exceptions.RequestException,
-    status_codes: Optional[List[int]] = None,
-    max_retries: int = 0,
-    base_wait_time: float = 0.5,
-    max_wait_time: float = 2,
-):
-    func_args = func_args or ()
-    func_kwargs = func_kwargs or {}
-    retry = 0
-    while True:
-        try:
-            return func(*func_args, **func_kwargs)
-        except exceptions as err:
-            if retry >= max_retries or (status_codes and err.response.status_code not in status_codes):
-                raise err
-            else:
-                sleep_time = min(max_wait_time, base_wait_time * 2**retry)  # Exponential backoff
-                logger.info(f"{func} timed out, retrying in {sleep_time}s... [{retry/max_retries}]")
-                time.sleep(sleep_time)
-                retry += 1
-
-
 def _request_with_retry(
     method: str,
     url: str,
diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/hub.py b/src/datasets/utils/hub.py
index 46402accfbb..0925d075ee0 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/hub.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/hub.py
@@ -1,12 +1,47 @@
-from typing import Optional
-from urllib.parse import quote
+import time
+from functools import partial
 
-import huggingface_hub as hfh
+from huggingface_hub import HfApi, hf_hub_url
 from packaging import version
+from requests import HTTPError
 
+from .. import config
+from . import logging
 
-def hf_hub_url(repo_id: str, path: str, revision: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
-    if version.parse(hfh.__version__).release < version.parse("0.11.0").release:
-        # old versions of hfh don't url-encode the file path
-        path = quote(path)
-    return hfh.hf_hub_url(repo_id, path, repo_type="dataset", revision=revision)
+
+logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
+
+# Retry `preupload_lfs_files` in `huggingface_hub<0.20.0` on the "500 (Internal Server Error)" and "503 (Service Unavailable)" HTTP errors
+if config.HF_HUB_VERSION < version.parse("0.20.0"):
+
+    def preupload_lfs_files(hf_api: HfApi, **kwargs):
+        max_retries = 5
+        base_wait_time = 1
+        max_wait_time = 8
+        status_codes = [500, 503]
+        retry = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                hf_api.preupload_lfs_files(**kwargs)
+            except (RuntimeError, HTTPError) as err:
+                if isinstance(err, RuntimeError) and isinstance(err.__cause__, HTTPError):
+                    err = err.__cause__
+                if retry >= max_retries or err.response.status_code not in status_codes:
+                    raise err
+                else:
+                    sleep_time = min(max_wait_time, base_wait_time * 2**retry)  # Exponential backoff
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"{hf_api.preupload_lfs_files} timed out, retrying in {sleep_time}s... [{retry/max_retries}]"
+                    )
+                    time.sleep(sleep_time)
+                    retry += 1
+            else:
+                break
+else:
+
+    def preupload_lfs_files(hf_api: HfApi, **kwargs):
+        hf_api.preupload_lfs_files(**kwargs)
+
+
+# bakckward compatibility
+hf_hub_url = partial(hf_hub_url, repo_type="dataset")
diff --git a/tests/test_hub.py b/tests/test_hub.py
index d7cdbd2843c..e940d7b8b29 100644
--- a/tests/test_hub.py
+++ b/tests/test_hub.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("repo_id", ["canonical_dataset_name", "org-name/dataset-name"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("path", ["filename.csv", "filename with blanks.csv"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", ["filename.csv", "filename with blanks.csv"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("revision", [None, "v2"])
-def test_hf_hub_url(repo_id, path, revision):
-    url = hf_hub_url(repo_id=repo_id, path=path, revision=revision)
-    assert url == f"https://huggingface.co/datasets/{repo_id}/resolve/{revision or 'main'}/{quote(path)}"
+def test_hf_hub_url(repo_id, filename, revision):
+    url = hf_hub_url(repo_id=repo_id, filename=filename, revision=revision)
+    assert url == f"https://huggingface.co/datasets/{repo_id}/resolve/{revision or 'main'}/{quote(filename)}"