diff --git a/tests/py3-ignores.txt b/tests/py3-ignores.txt
index e753b993e..fdf077413 100644
--- a/tests/py3-ignores.txt
+++ b/tests/py3-ignores.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 tests/test_exporters.py
 tests/test_linkextractors_deprecated.py
-tests/test_pipeline_files.py
-tests/test_pipeline_images.py
 tests/test_proxy_connect.py
 
 scrapy/xlib/tx/iweb.py
@@ -12,8 +10,6 @@ scrapy/xlib/tx/_newclient.py
 scrapy/xlib/tx/__init__.py
 scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/s3.py
 scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/ftp.py
-scrapy/pipelines/images.py
-scrapy/pipelines/files.py
 scrapy/linkextractors/sgml.py
 scrapy/linkextractors/regex.py
 scrapy/linkextractors/htmlparser.py
diff --git a/tests/requirements-py3.txt b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
index 5cf786a89..73e73e651 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pytest-cov
 testfixtures
 jmespath
 leveldb
+boto
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
diff --git a/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py b/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
index 1eb6192ce..56608bfc6 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ class S3AnonTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         import boto
     except ImportError:
         skip = 'missing boto library'
+    if six.PY3:
+        skip = 'S3 not supported on Py3'
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.s3reqh = S3DownloadHandler(Settings(),
@@ -459,6 +461,8 @@ class S3TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         import boto
     except ImportError:
         skip = 'missing boto library'
+    if six.PY3:
+        skip = 'S3 not supported on Py3'
 
     # test use same example keys than amazon developer guide
     # http://s3.amazonaws.com/awsdocs/S3/20060301/s3-dg-20060301.pdf