diff --git a/botocore/awsrequest.py b/botocore/awsrequest.py
index 1329c8a4..a667bb58 100644
--- a/botocore/awsrequest.py
+++ b/botocore/awsrequest.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ from botocore.compat import six
 from botocore.compat import HTTPHeaders, HTTPResponse, urlunsplit, urlsplit
 from botocore.exceptions import UnseekableStreamError
 from botocore.utils import percent_encode_sequence
-from requests import models
-from requests.sessions import REDIRECT_STATI
-from urllib3.connection import \
+from botocore.vendored.requests import models
+from botocore.vendored.requests.sessions import REDIRECT_STATI
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connection import \
     VerifiedHTTPSConnection
-from urllib3.connection import \
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connection import \
     HTTPConnection
-from urllib3.connectionpool import \
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool import \
     HTTPConnectionPool
-from urllib3.connectionpool import \
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool import \
     HTTPSConnectionPool
 
 
diff --git a/botocore/compat.py b/botocore/compat.py
index b5bcaa03..dbd51132 100644
--- a/botocore/compat.py
+++ b/botocore/compat.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import warnings
 import hashlib
 import logging
 
-import six
+from botocore.vendored import six
 from botocore.exceptions import MD5UnavailableError
-from urllib3 import exceptions
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3 import exceptions
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/botocore/endpoint.py b/botocore/endpoint.py
index 1fa1eef1..228d43d4 100644
--- a/botocore/endpoint.py
+++ b/botocore/endpoint.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import logging
 import time
 import threading
 
-from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
-from requests.sessions import Session
-from requests.utils import get_environ_proxies
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
-import six
+from botocore.vendored.requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from botocore.vendored.requests.sessions import Session
+from botocore.vendored.requests.utils import get_environ_proxies
+from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from botocore.vendored import six
 
 from botocore.awsrequest import create_request_object
 from botocore.exceptions import UnknownEndpointError
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ MAX_POOL_CONNECTIONS = 10
 filter_ssl_warnings()
 
 try:
-    from urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl
+    from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl
     pyopenssl.extract_from_urllib3()
 except ImportError:
     pass
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def convert_to_response_dict(http_response, operation_model):
     This converts the requests library's HTTP response object to
     a dictionary.
 
-    :type http_response: requests.model.Response
+    :type http_response: botocore.vendored.requests.model.Response
     :param http_response: The HTTP response from an AWS service request.
 
     :rtype: dict
diff --git a/botocore/exceptions.py b/botocore/exceptions.py
index 3ac7d3bf..f0fd1725 100644
--- a/botocore/exceptions.py
+++ b/botocore/exceptions.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
 # language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 
 class BotoCoreError(Exception):
diff --git a/botocore/retryhandler.py b/botocore/retryhandler.py
index 58913ec7..09b59e55 100644
--- a/botocore/retryhandler.py
+++ b/botocore/retryhandler.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import functools
 import logging
 from binascii import crc32
 
-from requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
-from urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
+from botocore.vendored.requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
 
 from botocore.exceptions import ChecksumError, EndpointConnectionError
 
diff --git a/botocore/stub.py b/botocore/stub.py
index 5432d0b3..85f8f9e7 100644
--- a/botocore/stub.py
+++ b/botocore/stub.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from pprint import pformat
 from botocore.validate import validate_parameters
 from botocore.exceptions import ParamValidationError, \
     StubResponseError, StubAssertionError
-from requests.models import Response
+from botocore.vendored.requests.models import Response
 
 
 class _ANY(object):
diff --git a/botocore/utils.py b/botocore/utils.py
index 9ccbec94..0f09568e 100644
--- a/botocore/utils.py
+++ b/botocore/utils.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from botocore.exceptions import InvalidExpressionError, ConfigNotFound
 from botocore.exceptions import InvalidDNSNameError, ClientError
 from botocore.exceptions import MetadataRetrievalError
 from botocore.compat import json, quote, zip_longest, urlsplit, urlunsplit
-import requests
+from botocore.vendored import requests
 from botocore.compat import OrderedDict
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_glacier.py b/tests/integration/test_glacier.py
index 96cedf0d..23a7f348 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_glacier.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_glacier.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from tests import unittest
 
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
-import six
+from botocore.vendored import six
 import botocore.session
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_s3.py b/tests/integration/test_s3.py
index 89994a4b..83e2cc20 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_s3.py
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ from contextlib import closing
 
 from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
 
-from requests import adapters
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from botocore.vendored.requests import adapters
+from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from botocore.compat import six, zip_longest
 import botocore.session
 import botocore.auth
 import botocore.credentials
-import requests
+import botocore.vendored.requests as requests
 from botocore.config import Config
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ class TestS3SigV4Client(BaseS3ClientTest):
                 raise ConnectionError("Simulated ConnectionError raised.")
             else:
                 return original_send(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        with mock.patch('requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send',
+        with mock.patch('botocore.vendored.requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send',
                         mock_http_adapter_send):
             response = self.client.put_object(Bucket=self.bucket_name,
                                               Key='foo.txt', Body=body)
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_smoke.py b/tests/integration/test_smoke.py
index b8b30e57..1a475ede 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_smoke.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_smoke.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from nose.tools import assert_equals, assert_true
 from botocore import xform_name
 import botocore.session
 from botocore.client import ClientError
-from requests import adapters
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from botocore.vendored.requests import adapters
+from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 
 # Mapping of service -> api calls to try.
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def _make_client_call_with_errors(client, operation_name, kwargs):
             raise ConnectionError("Simulated ConnectionError raised.")
         else:
             return original_send(self, *args, **kwargs)
-    with mock.patch('requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send',
+    with mock.patch('botocore.vendored.requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send',
                     mock_http_adapter_send):
         try:
             response = operation(**kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/unit/auth/test_signers.py b/tests/unit/auth/test_signers.py
index aa140d33..f084576e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/auth/test_signers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/auth/test_signers.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import botocore.auth
 import botocore.credentials
 from botocore.compat import HTTPHeaders, urlsplit, parse_qs, six
 from botocore.awsrequest import AWSRequest
-from requests.models import Request
+from botocore.vendored.requests.models import Request
 
 
 class BaseTestWithFixedDate(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/unit/response_parsing/test_response_parsing.py b/tests/unit/response_parsing/test_response_parsing.py
index afa6474d..97249d69 100644
--- a/tests/unit/response_parsing/test_response_parsing.py
+++ b/tests/unit/response_parsing/test_response_parsing.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import difflib
 from tests import unittest, create_session
 
 from mock import Mock
-from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
+from botocore.vendored.requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
 import botocore.session
 from botocore import xform_name
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_awsrequest.py b/tests/unit/test_awsrequest.py
index e43d6270..d37aa24d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_awsrequest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_awsrequest.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class TestAWSHTTPConnection(unittest.TestCase):
         conn.sock = s
         # Test that the standard library method was used by patching out
         # the ``_tunnel`` method and seeing if the std lib method was called.
-        with patch('requests.packages.urllib3.connection.'
+        with patch('botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.'
                    'HTTPConnection._tunnel') as mock_tunnel:
             conn._tunnel()
             self.assertTrue(mock_tunnel.called)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_endpoint.py b/tests/unit/test_endpoint.py
index 038a3b7d..b7f9cbf5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_endpoint.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_endpoint.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tests import unittest
 
 from mock import Mock, patch, sentinel
 from nose.tools import assert_equals
-from requests import ConnectionError
+from botocore.vendored.requests import ConnectionError
 
 from botocore.compat import six
 from botocore.awsrequest import AWSRequest
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_response.py b/tests/unit/test_response.py
index 35d07c80..7b2eb259 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_response.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import botocore
 from botocore import response
 from botocore.compat import six
 from botocore.exceptions import IncompleteReadError
-from requests.models import Response, Request
+from botocore.vendored.requests.models import Response, Request
 
 XMLBODY1 = (b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Error>'
             b'<Code>AccessDenied</Code>'
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_retryhandler.py b/tests/unit/test_retryhandler.py
index a6f05b8b..3f31a69f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_retryhandler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_retryhandler.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from tests import unittest
 
 import mock
-from requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
-from urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
+from botocore.vendored.requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
+from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
 
 from botocore import retryhandler
 from botocore.exceptions import ChecksumError
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 61d9018f..2ef8588a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from botocore.exceptions import InvalidExpressionError, ConfigNotFound
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from botocore.exceptions import InvalidDNSNameError, MetadataRetrievalError
 from botocore.model import ServiceModel
-import requests
+from botocore.vendored import requests
 from botocore.utils import remove_dot_segments
 from botocore.utils import normalize_url_path
 from botocore.utils import validate_jmespath_for_set