diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml b/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
index 7177f22..d8ba041 100755
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ dependencies:
   ### AWS dependencies ###
   # AWS reading/writing
   - s3fs>=2024.3.0 
-  - aiobotocore=2.12.1
-  - botocore>=1.34.41,<1.34.52
-  - boto3>=1.9.201
   # AWS testing
   - moto[server]>=5.0.3
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7f4e2c..3996118 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "MDAnalysisTests>=2.1.0",
     "moto[server]>=5.0.3",
-    "aiobotocore==2.12.1",
-    "botocore>=1.34.41,<1.34.52",
-    "boto3>=1.9.201",
     "pip",
     "codecov",
 ]