diff --git a/cinder/image/accelerator.py b/cinder/image/accelerator.py
index a471fb508d1..771f330fae2 100644
--- a/cinder/image/accelerator.py
+++ b/cinder/image/accelerator.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import abc
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import importutils
-import six
 
 from cinder import exception
 from cinder.i18n import _
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ _ACCEL_PATH_PREFERENCE_ORDER_LIST = [
 ]
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AccelBase(object):
+class AccelBase(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def __init__(self):
         return
 
diff --git a/cinder/image/cache.py b/cinder/image/cache.py
index 164a4e4515c..0abfe6f07a6 100644
--- a/cinder/image/cache.py
+++ b/cinder/image/cache.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from pytz import timezone
-import six
 
 from cinder import objects
 from cinder import rpc
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class ImageVolumeCache(object):
         # we just need to parse it into one. If it is an actual datetime
         # we want to just grab it as a UTC naive datetime.
         image_updated_at = image_meta['updated_at']
-        if isinstance(image_updated_at, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(image_updated_at, str):
             image_updated_at = timeutils.parse_strtime(image_updated_at)
         else:
             image_updated_at = image_updated_at.astimezone(timezone('UTC'))
@@ -222,13 +221,13 @@ class ImageVolumeCache(object):
 
         LOG.debug('Image-volume cache entry image_update_at = %(entry_utc)s, '
                   'requested image updated_at = %(image_utc)s.',
-                  {'entry_utc': six.text_type(cache_updated_utc),
-                   'image_utc': six.text_type(image_updated_utc)})
+                  {'entry_utc': str(cache_updated_utc),
+                   'image_utc': str(image_updated_utc)})
 
         return image_updated_utc != cache_updated_utc
 
     def _entry_to_str(self, cache_entry):
-        return six.text_type({
+        return str({
             'id': cache_entry['id'],
             'image_id': cache_entry['image_id'],
             'volume_id': cache_entry['volume_id'],
diff --git a/cinder/image/glance.py b/cinder/image/glance.py
index f2a6648d9af..37ba4167ae3 100644
--- a/cinder/image/glance.py
+++ b/cinder/image/glance.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import time
+import urllib
 
 import glanceclient.exc
 from keystoneauth1.loading import session as ks_session
@@ -30,9 +31,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
-import six
-from six.moves import range
-from six.moves import urllib
 
 from cinder import exception
 from cinder.i18n import _
@@ -547,13 +545,13 @@ def _convert_timestamps_to_datetimes(image_meta):
 # NOTE(bcwaldon): used to store non-string data in glance metadata
 def _json_loads(properties, attr):
     prop = properties[attr]
-    if isinstance(prop, six.string_types):
+    if isinstance(prop, str):
         properties[attr] = jsonutils.loads(prop)
 
 
 def _json_dumps(properties, attr):
     prop = properties[attr]
-    if not isinstance(prop, six.string_types):
+    if not isinstance(prop, str):
         properties[attr] = jsonutils.dumps(prop)
 
 
@@ -621,14 +619,14 @@ def _reraise_translated_image_exception(image_id):
     """Transform the exception for the image but keep its traceback intact."""
     _exc_type, exc_value, exc_trace = sys.exc_info()
     new_exc = _translate_image_exception(image_id, exc_value)
-    six.reraise(type(new_exc), new_exc, exc_trace)
+    raise new_exc.with_traceback(exc_trace)
 
 
 def _reraise_translated_exception():
     """Transform the exception but keep its traceback intact."""
     _exc_type, exc_value, exc_trace = sys.exc_info()
     new_exc = _translate_plain_exception(exc_value)
-    six.reraise(type(new_exc), new_exc, exc_trace)
+    raise new_exc.with_traceback(exc_trace)
 
 
 def _translate_image_exception(image_id, exc_value):
diff --git a/cinder/image/image_utils.py b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
index 237c4dcbbb1..db55a48391b 100644
--- a/cinder/image/image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ from oslo_utils import imageutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import units
 import psutil
-import six
 
 from cinder import exception
 from cinder.i18n import _
@@ -480,8 +479,7 @@ def verify_glance_image_signature(context, image_service, image_id, path):
                     message = _('Failed to verify signature for '
                                 'image: %(image)s due to '
                                 'error: %(error)s ') % {'image': image_id,
-                                                        'error':
-                                                            six.text_type(ex)}
+                                                        'error': ex}
                     LOG.error(message)
                     raise exception.ImageSignatureVerificationException(
                         reason=message)