diff --git a/kombu/transport/SQS.py b/kombu/transport/SQS.py
index 91d8a106..6c89fd5d 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/SQS.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/SQS.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
 
             if resp['Messages']:
                 for m in resp['Messages']:
-                    m['Body'] = AsyncMessage().decode(m['Body'])
+                    m['Body'] = AsyncMessage(body=m['Body']).decode()
                 for msg in self._messages_to_python(resp['Messages'], queue):
                     self.connection._deliver(msg, queue)
                 return
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
         resp = self.sqs.receive_message(q_url)
 
         if resp['Messages']:
-            body = AsyncMessage().decode(resp['Messages'][0]['Body'])
+            body = AsyncMessage(body=resp['Messages'][0]['Body']).decode()
             resp['Messages'][0]['Body'] = body
             return self._messages_to_python(resp['Messages'], queue)[0]
         raise Empty()
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
             size += int(self._size(queue))
             if not size:
                 break
-        self.sqs.purge_queue(q)
+        self.sqs.purge_queue(QueueUrl=q)
         return size
 
     def close(self):
@@ -420,19 +420,20 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
                 aws_secret_access_key=self.conninfo.password,
             )
             is_secure = self.is_secure if self.is_secure is not None else True
-            self._sqs = session.client('sqs', use_ssl=is_secure)
+            client_kwargs = dict(
+                use_ssl=is_secure
+            )
+            if self.endpoint_url is not None:
+                client_kwargs['endpoint_url'] = self.endpoint_url
+            self._sqs = session.client('sqs', **client_kwargs)
         return self._sqs
 
     @property
     def asynsqs(self):
         if self._asynsqs is None:
-            is_secure = self.is_secure if self.is_secure is not None else True
             self._asynsqs = AsyncSQSConnection(
                 sqs_connection=self.sqs,
-                aws_access_key_id=self.conninfo.userid,
-                aws_secret_access_key=self.conninfo.password,
-                region=self.region,
-                is_secure=is_secure,
+                region=self.region
             )
         return self._asynsqs
 
@@ -473,6 +474,20 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
     def port(self):
         return self.transport_options.get('port')
 
+    @cached_property
+    def endpoint_url(self):
+        if self.conninfo.hostname is not None:
+            scheme = 'https' if self.is_secure else 'http'
+            if self.conninfo.port is not None:
+                port = ':{}'.format(self.conninfo.port)
+            else:
+                port = ''
+            return '{}://{}{}'.format(
+                scheme,
+                self.conninfo.hostname,
+                port
+            )
+
     @cached_property
     def wait_time_seconds(self):
         return self.transport_options.get('wait_time_seconds',
diff --git a/requirements/funtest.txt b/requirements/funtest.txt
index 033db4b8..50e75356 100644
--- a/requirements/funtest.txt
+++ b/requirements/funtest.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pymongo
 kazoo
 
 # SQS transport
-boto
 boto3
 
 # Qpid transport