diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 2eb15f96c..e18362b13 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ DOWNLOAD_DELAY = 0
 DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS = {}
 DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS_BASE = {
     'file': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.file.FileDownloadHandler',
-    'http': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.http11.Http11DownloadHandler',
-    'https': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.http11.Http11DownloadHandler',
+    'http': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.http.HttpDownloadHandler',
+    'https': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.http.HttpDownloadHandler',
     's3': 'scrapy.core.downloader.handlers.s3.S3DownloadHandler',
 }
 
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py b/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
index 2e2497b08..1307f57ad 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import twisted
 
 from twisted.trial import unittest
 from twisted.protocols.policies import WrappingFactory
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ class Http11TestCase(HttpTestCase):
     """HTTP 1.1 test case"""
     download_handler_cls = Http11DownloadHandler
 
+    if twisted.__version__.split('.') < (11, 1, 0):
+        skip = 'HTTP1.1 not supported in twisted < 11.1.0'
+
 
 class UriResource(resource.Resource):
     """Return the full uri that was requested"""
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ class HttpProxyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 class Http11ProxyTestCase(HttpProxyTestCase):
     download_handler_cls = Http11DownloadHandler
 
+    if twisted.__version__.split('.') < (11, 1, 0):
+        skip = 'HTTP1.1 not supported in twisted < 11.1.0'
+
 
 class HttpDownloadHandlerMock(object):
     def __init__(self, settings):
diff --git a/scrapy/xlib/tx/__init__.py b/scrapy/xlib/tx/__init__.py
index 9f731c5b6..e184a6735 100644
--- a/scrapy/xlib/tx/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/xlib/tx/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import twisted
-if twisted.__version__.split('.') < (13, 0, 1):
-    from . import client, endpoints
-else:
+txver = twisted.__version__.split('.')
+if txver > (13, 0, 0):
     from twisted.web import client
     from twisted.internet import endpoints
+if txver >= (11, 1, 0):
+    from . import client, endpoints
+else:
+    from scrapy.exceptions import NotSupported
+    class _Mocked(object):
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+            raise NotSupported('HTTP1.1 not supported')
+    class _Mock(object):
+        def __getattr__(self, name):
+            return _Mocked
+    client = endpoints = _Mock()
 
 
 Agent = client.Agent