diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
index 7da7baae1d1..f2ecc436be3 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/vmware/test_vmware_vmdk.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from oslo_utils import versionutils
 from oslo_vmware import exceptions
 from oslo_vmware import image_transfer
 from oslo_vmware import vim_util
-import six
 
 from cinder import context
 from cinder import exception as cinder_exceptions
@@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ class VMwareVcVmdkDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         rp = mock.sentinel.rp
         folder = mock.sentinel.folder
         # NOTE(mriedem): The summary.name gets logged so it has to be a string
-        summary = mock.Mock(name=six.text_type(mock.sentinel.ds_name))
+        summary = mock.Mock(name=str(mock.sentinel.ds_name))
         select_ds_for_volume.return_value = (host, rp, folder, summary)
 
         profile_id = mock.sentinel.profile_id
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/volumeops.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/volumeops.py
index c0e24653477..ed88b0c4238 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/volumeops.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/volumeops.py
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@ Implements operations on volumes residing on VMware datastores.
 """
 
 import json
+import urllib
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import units
 from oslo_vmware import exceptions
 from oslo_vmware.objects import datastore as ds_obj
 from oslo_vmware import vim_util
-import six
-from six.moves import urllib
 
 from cinder.i18n import _
 from cinder.volume.drivers.vmware import exceptions as vmdk_exceptions
@@ -1652,7 +1651,7 @@ class VMwareVolumeOps(object):
             self._session.vim,
             'CopyDatastoreFile_Task',
             self._session.vim.service_content.fileManager,
-            sourceName=six.text_type(src_path),
+            sourceName=str(src_path),
             sourceDatacenter=src_dc_ref,
             destinationName=dest_ds_file_path,
             destinationDatacenter=dest_dc_ref)