diff --git a/datadog_lambda/patch.py b/datadog_lambda/patch.py
index 2d0d707b..d03ce2be 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/patch.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/patch.py
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 # Copyright 2019 Datadog, Inc.
 
 import sys
+import logging
 
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper as wrap
 
 from datadog_lambda.tracing import get_dd_trace_context
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0, 0):
     httplib_module = 'http.client'
 else:
@@ -16,7 +19,6 @@
 
 _httplib_patched = False
 _requests_patched = False
-_botocore_requests_patched = False
 
 
 def patch_all():
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ def patch_all():
     """
     _patch_httplib()
     _patch_requests()
-    _patch_botocore_requests()
 
 
 def _patch_httplib():
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ def _patch_httplib():
             'HTTPConnection.request',
             _wrap_httplib_request
         )
+    logger.debug('Patched %s', httplib_module)
 
 
 def _patch_requests():
@@ -58,26 +60,9 @@ def _patch_requests():
                 'Session.request',
                 _wrap_requests_request
             )
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-
-
-def _patch_botocore_requests():
-    """
-    Patch the `requests` module that is packaged into `botocore`.
-    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40741282/cannot-use-requests-module-on-aws-lambda
-    """
-    global _botocore_requests_patched
-    if not _botocore_requests_patched:
-        _botocore_requests_patched = True
-        try:
-            wrap(
-                'botocore.vendored.requests',
-                'Session.request',
-                _wrap_requests_request
-            )
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
+            logger.debug('Patched requests')
+        except Exception:
+            logger.debug('Failed to patch requests', exc_info=True)
 
 
 def _wrap_requests_request(func, instance, args, kwargs):
diff --git a/tests/test_patch.py b/tests/test_patch.py
index e6748ba6..d1e6bfa2 100644
--- a/tests/test_patch.py
+++ b/tests/test_patch.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from datadog_lambda.patch import (
     _patch_httplib,
     _patch_requests,
-    _patch_botocore_requests,
 )
 from datadog_lambda.constants import TraceHeader
 
@@ -42,12 +41,3 @@ def test_patch_requests(self):
         self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.TRACE_ID], '123')
         self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.PARENT_ID], '321')
         self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.SAMPLING_PRIORITY], '2')
-
-    def test_patch_botocore_requests(self):
-        _patch_botocore_requests()
-        from botocore.vendored import requests
-        r = requests.get("https://www.datadoghq.com/")
-        self.mock_get_dd_trace_context.assert_called()
-        self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.TRACE_ID], '123')
-        self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.PARENT_ID], '321')
-        self.assertEqual(r.request.headers[TraceHeader.SAMPLING_PRIORITY], '2')