diff --git a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
index 74cbfa310..4fc698787 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import boto3
 from botocore.client import ClientError
 import botocore.exceptions
 from boto.exception import S3CreateError, S3ResponseError
+from botocore.handlers import disable_signing
 from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
 from boto.s3.key import Key
 from freezegun import freeze_time
@@ -864,36 +865,43 @@ def test_bucket_acl_switching():
                    g.permission == 'READ' for g in grants), grants
 
 
-@mock_s3_deprecated
 @mock_s3
 def test_s3_object_in_public_bucket():
     s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
     bucket = s3.Bucket('test-bucket')
     bucket.create(ACL='public-read')
     bucket.put_object(ACL='public-read', Body=b'ABCD', Key='file.txt')
-    direct_url = 'https://test-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/file.txt'
-    response = requests.get(direct_url)
-    response.status_code.should.equal(200)
-    response.content.should.equal(b'ABCD')
+
+    s3_anonymous = boto3.resource('s3')
+    s3_anonymous.meta.client.meta.events.register('choose-signer.s3.*', disable_signing)
+
+    contents = s3_anonymous.Object(key='file.txt', bucket_name='test-bucket').get()['Body'].read()
+    contents.should.equal(b'ABCD')
+
     bucket.put_object(ACL='private', Body=b'ABCD', Key='file.txt')
-    response = requests.get(direct_url)
-    response.status_code.should.equal(403)
+
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        s3_anonymous.Object(key='file.txt', bucket_name='test-bucket').get()
+    exc.exception.response['Error']['Code'].should.equal('403')
 
 
-@mock_s3_deprecated
 @mock_s3
 def test_s3_object_in_private_bucket():
     s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
     bucket = s3.Bucket('test-bucket')
     bucket.create(ACL='private')
     bucket.put_object(ACL='private', Body=b'ABCD', Key='file.txt')
-    direct_url = 'https://test-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/file.txt'
-    response = requests.get(direct_url)
-    response.status_code.should.equal(403)
+
+    s3_anonymous = boto3.resource('s3')
+    s3_anonymous.meta.client.meta.events.register('choose-signer.s3.*', disable_signing)
+
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        s3_anonymous.Object(key='file.txt', bucket_name='test-bucket').get()
+    exc.exception.response['Error']['Code'].should.equal('403')
+
     bucket.put_object(ACL='public-read', Body=b'ABCD', Key='file.txt')
-    response = requests.get(direct_url)
-    response.status_code.should.equal(200)
-    response.content.should.equal(b'ABCD')
+    contents = s3_anonymous.Object(key='file.txt', bucket_name='test-bucket').get()['Body'].read()
+    contents.should.equal(b'ABCD')
 
 
 @mock_s3_deprecated