diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fc71c5551..47f77d8ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ jobs:
       default_python: '3.12.0-rc.1'
       envs: |
         - linux: devdeps
-          setenv: |
-            AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS: 1
 
   dev:
     needs: [core, asdf-schemas]
diff --git a/asdf/_tests/test_asdf.py b/asdf/_tests/test_asdf.py
index 65bbf8797..66756a313 100644
--- a/asdf/_tests/test_asdf.py
+++ b/asdf/_tests/test_asdf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-import fsspec
 import pytest
 
 from asdf import config_context, get_config
@@ -392,11 +391,14 @@ def test_unclosed_file(tmp_path):
         pass
 
 
+@pytest.importorskip('fsspec')
 def test_fsspec(tmp_path):
     """
     Issue #1146 reported errors when opening a fsspec 'file'
     This is a regression test for the fix in PR #1226
     """
+    import fsspec
+
     tree = {"a": 1}
     af = AsdfFile(tree)
     fn = tmp_path / "test.asdf"
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ def test_fsspec(tmp_path):
         assert_tree_match(tree, af.tree)
 
 
+@pytest.importorskip('fsspec')
 @pytest.mark.remote_data()
 def test_fsspec_http(httpserver):
     """
@@ -414,6 +417,8 @@ def test_fsspec_http(httpserver):
     filesystem)
     This is a regression test for the fix in PR #1228
     """
+    import fsspec
+
     tree = {"a": 1}
     af = AsdfFile(tree)
     path = os.path.join(httpserver.tmpdir, "test")
diff --git a/asdf/_tests/test_generic_io.py b/asdf/_tests/test_generic_io.py
index 5aeabc84d..0425f534d 100644
--- a/asdf/_tests/test_generic_io.py
+++ b/asdf/_tests/test_generic_io.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import sys
 import urllib.request as urllib_request
 
-import fsspec
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
@@ -788,11 +787,14 @@ def test_io_subclasses(tmp_path):
     f.close()
 
 
+@pytest.importorskip('fsspec')
 def test_fsspec(tmp_path):
     """
     Issue #1146 reported errors when opening a fsspec 'file'
     This is a regression test for the fix in PR #1226
     """
+    import fsspec
+
     ref = b"01234567890"
     fn = tmp_path / "test"
 
@@ -809,6 +811,7 @@ def test_fsspec(tmp_path):
             assert ai == i
 
 
+@pytest.importorskip('fsspec')
 @pytest.mark.remote_data()
 def test_fsspec_http(httpserver):
     """
@@ -816,6 +819,8 @@ def test_fsspec_http(httpserver):
     filesystem)
     This is a regression test for the fix in PR #1228
     """
+    import fsspec
+
     ref = b"01234567890"
     path = os.path.join(httpserver.tmpdir, "test")
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c992b2e57..37cef97b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ docs = [
   'tomli; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 tests = [
-  "fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2",
+  #"fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2",
   "lz4>=0.10",
   "psutil",
   "pytest>=6",