diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
index bebe9c9ea5..8588c88d29 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.KeyNotFoundException;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import org.jclouds.http.BaseJettyTest;
-import org.jclouds.http.apachehc.config.ApacheHCHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ClientLiveTest;
@@ -73,12 +72,6 @@ public class AWSS3ClientLiveTest extends S3ClientLiveTest {
       return (AWSS3Client) context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi();
    }
 
-   @Override
-   protected Module createHttpModule() {
-      // in order to be able to debug the wire protocol I use ApacheHC...
-      return new ApacheHCHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule();
-   }
-
    @BeforeClass(groups = { "integration", "live" })
    @Override
    public void setUpResourcesOnThisThread(ITestContext testContext) throws Exception {