diff --git a/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py b/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py
index a601bc2aa..a609cedb3 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.base import BaseDownloadHandler
-from scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.http11 import HTTP11DownloadHandler
 from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy.utils.boto import is_botocore_available
 from scrapy.utils.httpobj import urlparse_cached
-from scrapy.utils.misc import build_from_crawler
+from scrapy.utils.misc import build_from_crawler, load_object
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from scrapy import Request
@@ -40,7 +39,10 @@ class S3DownloadHandler(BaseDownloadHandler):
                 )
             )
 
-        _http_handler = build_from_crawler(HTTP11DownloadHandler, crawler)
+        _http_handler = build_from_crawler(
+            load_object(crawler.settings.getwithbase("DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS")["https"]),
+            crawler,
+        )
         self._download_http = _http_handler.download_request
 
     async def download_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
diff --git a/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py b/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
index a8e635707..eadb7740e 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ class HttpDownloadHandlerMock:
 @pytest.mark.requires_botocore
 class TestS3Anon:
     def setup_method(self):
-        crawler = get_crawler()
-        with mock.patch(
-            "scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.s3.HTTP11DownloadHandler",
-            HttpDownloadHandlerMock,
-        ):
-            self.s3reqh = build_from_crawler(S3DownloadHandler, crawler)
+        crawler = get_crawler(
+            settings_dict={
+                "DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS": {"https": HttpDownloadHandlerMock},
+            }
+        )
+        self.s3reqh = build_from_crawler(S3DownloadHandler, crawler)
         self.download_request = self.s3reqh.download_request
 
     @coroutine_test
@@ -183,13 +183,10 @@ class TestS3:
             settings_dict={
                 "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "0PN5J17HBGZHT7JJ3X82",
                 "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "uV3F3YluFJax1cknvbcGwgjvx4QpvB+leU8dUj2o",
+                "DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS": {"https": HttpDownloadHandlerMock},
             }
         )
-        with mock.patch(
-            "scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.s3.HTTP11DownloadHandler",
-            HttpDownloadHandlerMock,
-        ):
-            s3reqh = build_from_crawler(S3DownloadHandler, crawler)
+        s3reqh = build_from_crawler(S3DownloadHandler, crawler)
         self.download_request = s3reqh.download_request
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager