diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_lambda_policy.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_lambda_policy.py
index 02d1bf75429..550e0405b76 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_lambda_policy.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/cloud/amazon/test_lambda_policy.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 
 from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
-import ansible.modules.cloud.amazon.lambda_policy as lambda_policy
-from ansible.modules.cloud.amazon.lambda_policy import setup_module_object
 from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import HAS_BOTO3
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import to_bytes
@@ -29,15 +27,14 @@ from ansible.compat.tests.mock import MagicMock
 import json
 import copy
 
-from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
-# try:
-#     from botocore import ResourceNotFoundException
-# except:
-#     pass # will be protected by HAS_BOTO3
-
 if not HAS_BOTO3:
     raise SkipTest("test_api_gateway.py requires the `boto3` and `botocore` modules")
 
+# these are here cause ... boto!
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
+import ansible.modules.cloud.amazon.lambda_policy as lambda_policy
+from ansible.modules.cloud.amazon.lambda_policy import setup_module_object
+
 base_module_args = {
     "region": "us-west-1",
     "function_name": "this_is_a_test_function",