diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0ea703d..88c4707 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/clients.py b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/clients.py
index 8bffb92..7d0c767 100644
--- a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/clients.py
+++ b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/clients.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import contextlib
 
 import docker
-from six.moves.urllib import parse
 from tempest.common import credentials_factory as common_creds
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common import api_version_utils
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ from tempest.lib.services.network import subnetpools_client
 from tempest.lib.services.network import subnets_client
 from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import volumes_client
 from tempest import manager
+from urllib import parse
 
 from zun_tempest_plugin.tests.tempest.api.models import capsule_model
 from zun_tempest_plugin.tests.tempest.api.models import container_model
diff --git a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/test_containers.py b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/test_containers.py
index 98f7389..2b4452f 100644
--- a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/test_containers.py
+++ b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/api/test_containers.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import types
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
-import six
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
@@ -140,8 +139,8 @@ class TestContainer(base.BaseZunTest):
             #               returns generator [1]. These lines
             #               makes image_data readable.
             # [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/zun/+bug/1753080
-            image_data = six.b('').join(image_data)
-            image_data = six.BytesIO(image_data)
+            image_data = ''.encode("latin-1").join(image_data)
+            image_data = BytesIO(image_data)
 
         image = self.images_client.create_image(
             name='cirros', disk_format='raw', container_format='docker')
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ class TestContainer(base.BaseZunTest):
             network_id = list(container.addresses.keys())[0]
         self.assertIn(network_id, container.addresses)
         for addr in container.addresses[network_id]:
-            if six.viewitems(address) <= six.viewitems(addr):
+            if address.items() <= addr.items():
                 break
         else:
             self.fail('Address %s is not found in container %s.' %
diff --git a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/utils.py b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/utils.py
index fb5704e..6aaa0e4 100644
--- a/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/utils.py
+++ b/zun_tempest_plugin/tests/tempest/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import base64
 import functools
 import time
 
-import six
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common import api_version_utils
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ def requires_microversion(min_version, max_version='latest', **kwargs):
 
 
 def encode_file_data(data):
-    if six.PY3 and isinstance(data, str):
+    if isinstance(data, str):
         data = data.encode('utf-8')
     return base64.b64encode(data).decode('utf-8')