diff --git a/integration/combination/test_api_settings.py b/integration/combination/test_api_settings.py
index 7a9fd95745..5752ba9ae3 100644
--- a/integration/combination/test_api_settings.py
+++ b/integration/combination/test_api_settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from io import BytesIO
+import hashlib
 
 try:
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 from integration.helpers.base_test import BaseTest
 
-from PIL import Image
-
 
 class TestApiSettings(BaseTest):
     def test_method_settings(self):
@@ -163,11 +161,15 @@ def verify_binary_media_request(self, url, expected_status_code):
         response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
 
         status = response.status_code
-        expected = Image.open(Path(self.code_dir, "AWS_logo_RGB.png"))
+        expected_file_path = str(Path(self.code_dir, "AWS_logo_RGB.png"))
+
+        with open(expected_file_path, mode="rb") as file:
+            expected_file_content = file.read()
+        expected_hash = hashlib.sha1(expected_file_content).hexdigest()
 
         if 200 <= status <= 299:
-            actual = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
-            self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+            actual_hash = hashlib.sha1(response.content).hexdigest()
+            self.assertEqual(expected_hash, actual_hash)
 
         self.assertEqual(status, expected_status_code, " must return HTTP " + str(expected_status_code))
 
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index e9f3e9b82a..1424f80d6e 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ parameterized~=0.7.4
 pathlib2>=2.3.5; python_version < '3'
 click~=7.1
 dateparser~=0.7
-pillow~=6.2.2
 boto3~=1.17
 
 # Requirements for examples