diff --git a/botocore/awsrequest.py b/botocore/awsrequest.py
index 06d08710..6bd1ab46 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 botocore.vendored.requests import models
-from botocore.vendored.requests.sessions import REDIRECT_STATI
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connection import \
+from requests import models
+from requests.sessions import REDIRECT_STATI
+from urllib3.connection import \
     VerifiedHTTPSConnection
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connection import \
+from urllib3.connection import \
     HTTPConnection
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool import \
+from urllib3.connectionpool import \
     HTTPConnectionPool
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool import \
+from urllib3.connectionpool import \
     HTTPSConnectionPool
 
 
diff --git a/botocore/compat.py b/botocore/compat.py
index 0bc4f2d4..f77763f3 100644
--- a/botocore/compat.py
+++ b/botocore/compat.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import sys
 import inspect
 import warnings
 
-from botocore.vendored import six
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3 import exceptions
+import six
+from urllib3 import exceptions
 
 
 if six.PY3:
diff --git a/botocore/endpoint.py b/botocore/endpoint.py
index 623a4a40..b20ee036 100644
--- a/botocore/endpoint.py
+++ b/botocore/endpoint.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import logging
 import time
 import threading
 
-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 requests.sessions import Session
+from requests.utils import get_environ_proxies
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+import six
 
 from botocore.awsrequest import create_request_object
 from botocore.exceptions import BaseEndpointResolverError
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def convert_to_response_dict(http_response, operation_model):
     This converts the requests library's HTTP response object to
     a dictionary.
 
-    :type http_response: botocore.vendored.requests.model.Response
+    :type http_response: 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 48cedc9d..45f0c934 100644
--- a/botocore/exceptions.py
+++ b/botocore/exceptions.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
 # ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
 # language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-from botocore.vendored.requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 
 class BotoCoreError(Exception):
diff --git a/botocore/retryhandler.py b/botocore/retryhandler.py
index e7e2f1dc..473ad159 100644
--- a/botocore/retryhandler.py
+++ b/botocore/retryhandler.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import functools
 import logging
 from binascii import crc32
 
-from botocore.vendored.requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
-from botocore.vendored.requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
+from requests import ConnectionError, Timeout
+from urllib3.exceptions import ClosedPoolError
 
 from botocore.exceptions import ChecksumError, EndpointConnectionError
 
diff --git a/botocore/utils.py b/botocore/utils.py
index 61aa551a..1894b6d5 100644
--- a/botocore/utils.py
+++ b/botocore/utils.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from dateutil.tz import tzlocal, tzutc
 from botocore.exceptions import InvalidExpressionError, ConfigNotFound
 from botocore.exceptions import InvalidDNSNameError
 from botocore.compat import json, quote, zip_longest, urlsplit, urlunsplit
-from botocore.vendored import requests
+import requests
 from botocore.compat import OrderedDict