diff --git a/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/packages/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda.zip b/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/packages/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda.zip
index 23f8f13..b2c5717 100644
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diff --git a/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda_function.py b/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda_function.py
index cfc81c3..21773e2 100644
--- a/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda_function.py
+++ b/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/lambda_function.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import string
 import logging
 import threading
-import requests
+import urllib3  # Added by EM
 import json
 from botocore.credentials import (
     AssumeRoleCredentialFetcher,
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
 
+http = urllib3.PoolManager()  # Added by EM
+
 cfn_states = {
     "failed": ["CREATE_FAILED", "ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS", "ROLLBACK_FAILED", "ROLLBACK_COMPLETE", "DELETE_FAILED",
                "UPDATE_ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS", "UPDATE_ROLLBACK_FAILED", "UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS",
@@ -83,9 +85,8 @@ def send(event, context, response_status, response_data, physical_resource_id, l
     }
 
     try:
-        response = requests.put(response_url,
-                                data=json_response_body,
-                                headers=headers)
+        response = http.request('PUT', response_url, headers=headers, body=json_response_body)
+
         logger.info("CloudFormation returned status code: " + response.reason)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error("send(..) failed executing requests.put(..): " + str(e))
diff --git a/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/requirements.txt b/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f229360..0000000
--- a/samples/cloudformation-cross-account/functions/source/CfnStackAssumeRole/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-requests