diff --git a/cinder/api/openstack/wsgi.py b/cinder/api/openstack/wsgi.py
index 8a19d185a68..9800f4bbbb2 100644
--- a/cinder/api/openstack/wsgi.py
+++ b/cinder/api/openstack/wsgi.py
@@ -607,10 +607,10 @@ class ResourceExceptionHandler(object):
                 ex_value, exc_info=exc_info)
             raise Fault(webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest())
         elif isinstance(ex_value, Fault):
-            LOG.info(_LI("Fault thrown: %s"), six.text_type(ex_value))
+            LOG.info(_LI("Fault thrown: %s"), ex_value)
             raise ex_value
         elif isinstance(ex_value, webob.exc.HTTPException):
-            LOG.info(_LI("HTTP exception thrown: %s"), six.text_type(ex_value))
+            LOG.info(_LI("HTTP exception thrown: %s"), ex_value)
             raise Fault(ex_value)
 
         # We didn't handle the exception
diff --git a/cinder/scheduler/evaluator/evaluator.py b/cinder/scheduler/evaluator/evaluator.py
index 863dc7053f6..47887f3edc2 100644
--- a/cinder/scheduler/evaluator/evaluator.py
+++ b/cinder/scheduler/evaluator/evaluator.py
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ class EvalConstant(object):
                 result = _vars[which_dict][entry]
             except KeyError as e:
                 raise exception.EvaluatorParseException(
-                    _("KeyError: %s") % six.text_type(e))
+                    _("KeyError: %s") % e)
             except TypeError as e:
                 raise exception.EvaluatorParseException(
-                    _("TypeError: %s") % six.text_type(e))
+                    _("TypeError: %s") % e)
 
         try:
             result = int(result)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class EvalConstant(object):
                 result = float(result)
             except ValueError as e:
                 raise exception.EvaluatorParseException(
-                    _("ValueError: %s") % six.text_type(e))
+                    _("ValueError: %s") % e)
 
         return result
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class EvalMultOp(object):
                     prod /= float(val.eval())
             except ZeroDivisionError as e:
                 raise exception.EvaluatorParseException(
-                    _("ZeroDivisionError: %s") % six.text_type(e))
+                    _("ZeroDivisionError: %s") % e)
         return prod
 
 
@@ -292,6 +292,6 @@ def evaluate(expression, **kwargs):
         result = _parser.parseString(expression, parseAll=True)[0]
     except pyparsing.ParseException as e:
         raise exception.EvaluatorParseException(
-            _("ParseException: %s") % six.text_type(e))
+            _("ParseException: %s") % e)
 
     return result.eval()
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
index f9774a88ba9..fc2cdf5649e 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ class EMCVMAXUtils(object):
             instance = None
         else:
             # Something else that we cannot recover from has happened.
-            LOG.error(_LE("Exception: %s"), six.text_type(desc))
+            LOG.error(_LE("Exception: %s"), desc)
             exceptionMessage = (_(
                 "Cannot verify the existence of object:"
                 "%(instanceName)s.")