diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 8a1927a39ca..d4ebbc70a38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 ### SDK Enhancements
 
 ### SDK Bugs
+* Remove test dependency on golang.org/x/net.
+  * This was used for h2 support which is now transparently available in the stdlib.
diff --git a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server.go b/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server.go
index 5140abd29b6..a3a0202faf9 100644
--- a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server.go
+++ b/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 )
 
-// /x/net/http2 is only available for the latest two versions of Go. Any Go
-// version older than that cannot use the utility to configure the http2
-// server.
 func setupServer(server *httptest.Server, useH2 bool) *http.Client {
 	server.Start()
 
diff --git a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server_1_10.go b/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server_1_10.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 642c8235aa3..00000000000
--- a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/setup_server_1_10.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-//go:build go1.15
-// +build go1.15
-
-package eventstreamtest
-
-import (
-	"crypto/tls"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
-)
-
-// /x/net/http2 is only available for the latest two versions of Go. Any Go
-// version older than that cannot use the utility to configure the http2
-// server.
-func setupServer(server *httptest.Server, useH2 bool) *http.Client {
-	server.Config.TLSConfig = &tls.Config{
-		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-	}
-
-	clientTrans := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	if useH2 {
-		http2.ConfigureServer(server.Config, nil)
-		http2.ConfigureTransport(clientTrans)
-		server.Config.TLSConfig.NextProtos = []string{http2.NextProtoTLS}
-		clientTrans.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos = []string{http2.NextProtoTLS}
-	}
-	server.TLS = server.Config.TLSConfig
-
-	server.StartTLS()
-
-	return &http.Client{
-		Transport: clientTrans,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/testing.go b/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/testing.go
index 3f77d9d9f91..3d9feb63476 100644
--- a/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/testing.go
+++ b/private/protocol/eventstream/eventstreamtest/testing.go
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/awstesting/unit"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/private/protocol"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/private/protocol/eventstream"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
 const (
 	errClientDisconnected = "client disconnected"
 	errStreamClosed       = "http2: stream closed"
+
+	// x/net had an exported StreamError type that we could assert against,
+	// net/http's h2 implementation internalizes all of its error types but the
+	// Error() text pattern remains identical
+	http2StreamError = "stream error: stream ID"
 )
 
 // ServeEventStream provides serving EventStream messages from a HTTP server to
@@ -106,12 +110,7 @@ func (s *ServeEventStream) serveBiDirectionalStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 }
 
 func isError(err error) bool {
-	switch err.(type) {
-	case http2.StreamError:
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for _, s := range []string{errClientDisconnected, errStreamClosed} {
+	for _, s := range []string{errClientDisconnected, errStreamClosed, http2StreamError} {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), s) {
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/service/kinesis/cust_integ_shared_test.go b/service/kinesis/cust_integ_shared_test.go
index a408ef4c4ba..eab7baa92d4 100644
--- a/service/kinesis/cust_integ_shared_test.go
+++ b/service/kinesis/cust_integ_shared_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/awstesting/integration"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -131,26 +130,18 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 }
 
 func createClient() *kinesis.Kinesis {
-	ts := &http.Transport{}
-
-	if skipTLSVerify {
-		ts.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
-			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-		}
+	ts := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+			InsecureSkipVerify: skipTLSVerify,
+		},
 	}
 
-	http2.ConfigureTransport(ts)
 	switch hUsage {
-	case "default":
-		// Restore H2 optional support since the Transport/TLSConfig was
-		// modified.
-		http2.ConfigureTransport(ts)
-	case "1":
-		// Do nothing. Without usign ConfigureTransport h2 won't be available.
+	case "1", "default":
 		ts.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos = []string{"http/1.1"}
 	case "2":
 		// Force the TLS ALPN (NextProto) to H2 only.
-		ts.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos = []string{http2.NextProtoTLS}
+		ts.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos = []string{"h2"}
 	default:
 		panic("unknown h usage, " + hUsage)
 	}