diff --git a/tests/test_feedexport.py b/tests/test_feedexport.py
index c103593f9..2bf57e278 100644
--- a/tests/test_feedexport.py
+++ b/tests/test_feedexport.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from tests import mock
 from tests.mockserver import MockServer
 from w3lib.url import path_to_file_uri
 
-import botocore.client
 import scrapy
 from scrapy.exporters import CsvItemExporter
 from scrapy.extensions.feedexport import (
@@ -239,6 +238,9 @@ class S3FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_store_botocore_without_acl(self):
+        if os.getenv('TOX_ENV_NAME') == 'jessie':
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('botocore is not supported on jessie')
+
         storage = S3FeedStorage(
             's3://mybucket/export.csv',
             'access_key',
@@ -254,6 +256,9 @@ class S3FeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_store_botocore_with_acl(self):
+        if os.getenv('TOX_ENV_NAME') == 'jessie':
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('botocore is not supported on jessie')
+
         storage = S3FeedStorage(
             's3://mybucket/export.csv',
             'access_key',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 584da2dcd..0c0f8f7b7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ deps =
     lxml==3.4.0
     Twisted==14.0.2
     boto==2.34.0
-    botocore==0.62
     Pillow==2.6.1
     cssselect==0.9.1
     zope.interface==4.1.1