diff --git a/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py b/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py
index 476666a0..8793f9ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py
+++ b/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
 import pytest
 import requests
 
-from platformio.util import get_api_result
-
 
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
     if "package_data" not in metafunc.fixturenames:
         return
-    pkgs_manifest = get_api_result("/packages/manifest")
+    pkgs_manifest = requests.get(
+        "https://dl.bintray.com/platformio/dl-packages/manifest.json").json()
     assert isinstance(pkgs_manifest, dict)
     packages = []
     for _, variants in pkgs_manifest.iteritems():