diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 5b75674f5..ca5f6ddbd 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ uvloop; platform_system != "Windows"
 
 bpython  # optional for shell wrapper tests
 brotli; implementation_name != 'pypy'  # optional for HTTP compress downloader middleware tests
-# 1.1.0 is broken on PyPy: https://github.com/google/brotli/issues/1072
-brotli==1.0.9; implementation_name == 'pypy'  # optional for HTTP compress downloader middleware tests
+brotlicffi; implementation_name == 'pypy'  # optional for HTTP compress downloader middleware tests
 zstandard; implementation_name != 'pypy'  # optional for HTTP compress downloader middleware tests
 ipython
 pywin32; sys_platform == "win32"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6b804b78c..237aa489c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ basepython = {[testenv:pypy3]basepython}
 deps =
     {[pinned]deps}
     PyPyDispatcher==2.1.0
-    brotlicffi
 commands =
     pytest --durations=10 scrapy tests
 install_command = {[pinned]install_command}