diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_local_router.py b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_local_router.py
index 99b81b9df52..c5abf2b6e0e 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_local_router.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/dvr_local_router.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import netaddr
 from neutron_lib import constants as lib_constants
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 
 from neutron.agent.l3 import dvr_fip_ns
 from neutron.agent.l3 import dvr_router_base
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ class DvrLocalRouter(dvr_router_base.DvrRouterBase):
         """
         net = netaddr.IPNetwork(ip_cidr)
         if net.version == 6:
-            if isinstance(ip_cidr, six.text_type):
+            if isinstance(ip_cidr, str):
                 ip_cidr = ip_cidr.encode()  # Needed for Python 3.x
             # the crc32 & 0xffffffff is for Python 2.6 and 3.0 compatibility
             snat_idx = binascii.crc32(ip_cidr) & 0xffffffff
diff --git a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
index e71b28bc275..82dedb8fd80 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import oslo_messaging
 from oslo_service import loopingcall
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 import requests
-import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 import webob
 
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
             LOG.exception("Unexpected error.")
             msg = _('An unknown error has occurred. '
                     'Please try your request again.')
-            explanation = six.text_type(msg)
+            explanation = str(msg)
             return webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=explanation)
 
     def _get_ports_from_server(self, router_id=None, ip_address=None,
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
                 'Remote metadata server experienced an internal server error.'
             )
             LOG.warning(msg)
-            explanation = six.text_type(msg)
+            explanation = str(msg)
             return webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=explanation)
         else:
             raise Exception(_('Unexpected response code: %s') %
diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
index 6784baada05..0fcdb91788c 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/server.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 import requests
-import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 import webob
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
             LOG.exception("Unexpected error.")
             msg = _('An unknown error has occurred. '
                     'Please try your request again.')
-            explanation = six.text_type(msg)
+            explanation = str(msg)
             return webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=explanation)
 
     def _get_instance_and_project_id(self, req):
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
                 'Remote metadata server experienced an internal server error.'
             )
             LOG.warning(msg)
-            explanation = six.text_type(msg)
+            explanation = str(msg)
             return webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=explanation)
         else:
             raise Exception(_('Unexpected response code: %s') %
diff --git a/neutron/common/ovn/constants.py b/neutron/common/ovn/constants.py
index 9ec8615e13b..0938d358b75 100644
--- a/neutron/common/ovn/constants.py
+++ b/neutron/common/ovn/constants.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import re
 
 from neutron_lib.api.definitions import portbindings
 from neutron_lib import constants as const
-import six
 
 # TODO(lucasagomes): Remove OVN_SG_NAME_EXT_ID_KEY in the Rocky release
 OVN_SG_NAME_EXT_ID_KEY = 'neutron:security_group_name'
@@ -46,10 +45,10 @@ OVN_DEVICE_OWNER_EXT_ID_KEY = 'neutron:device_owner'
 OVN_LIVENESS_CHECK_EXT_ID_KEY = 'neutron:liveness_check_at'
 METADATA_LIVENESS_CHECK_EXT_ID_KEY = 'neutron:metadata_liveness_check_at'
 OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE = portbindings.PROFILE
-OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE_PARAMS = [{'parent_name': six.string_types,
-                                    'tag': six.integer_types},
-                                   {'vtep-physical-switch': six.string_types,
-                                    'vtep-logical-switch': six.string_types}]
+OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE_PARAMS = [{'parent_name': str,
+                                    'tag': int},
+                                   {'vtep-physical-switch': str,
+                                    'vtep-logical-switch': str}]
 MIGRATING_ATTR = 'migrating_to'
 OVN_ROUTER_PORT_OPTION_KEYS = ['router-port', 'nat-addresses']
 OVN_GATEWAY_CHASSIS_KEY = 'redirect-chassis'
diff --git a/neutron/common/ovn/hash_ring_manager.py b/neutron/common/ovn/hash_ring_manager.py
index 1e55e5f0daa..d5d3b973e5a 100644
--- a/neutron/common/ovn/hash_ring_manager.py
+++ b/neutron/common/ovn/hash_ring_manager.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import datetime
 
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
-import six
 from tooz import hashring
 
 from neutron.common.ovn import constants
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ class HashRingManager(object):
         self._load_hash_ring()
 
         # tooz expects a byte string for the hash
-        if isinstance(key, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(key, str):
             key = key.encode('utf-8')
 
         try:
diff --git a/neutron/db/l3_dvr_db.py b/neutron/db/l3_dvr_db.py
index b38c9860b4a..c26ddd6d42e 100644
--- a/neutron/db/l3_dvr_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/l3_dvr_db.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import helpers as log_helper
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.api import extensions
@@ -1123,7 +1122,7 @@ class L3_NAT_with_dvr_db_mixin(_DVRAgentInterfaceMixin,
 
     def _get_device_owner(self, context, router=None):
         """Get device_owner for the specified router."""
-        router_is_uuid = isinstance(router, six.string_types)
+        router_is_uuid = isinstance(router, str)
         if router_is_uuid:
             router = self._get_router(context, router)
         if is_distributed_router(router):
diff --git a/neutron/db/l3_hamode_db.py b/neutron/db/l3_hamode_db.py
index bff388e1668..5fad204cdcc 100644
--- a/neutron/db/l3_hamode_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/l3_hamode_db.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ from oslo_db import exception as db_exc
 from oslo_log import helpers as log_helpers
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import exc as sql_exc
 from sqlalchemy import orm
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ class L3_HA_NAT_db_mixin(l3_dvr_db.L3_NAT_with_dvr_db_mixin,
 
     def _get_device_owner(self, context, router=None):
         """Get device_owner for the specified router."""
-        router_is_uuid = isinstance(router, six.string_types)
+        router_is_uuid = isinstance(router, str)
         if router_is_uuid:
             router = self._get_router(context, router)
         if (is_ha_router(router) and not
diff --git a/neutron/db/migration/cli.py b/neutron/db/migration/cli.py
index b5657ae6442..c1b49c7b238 100644
--- a/neutron/db/migration/cli.py
+++ b/neutron/db/migration/cli.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from alembic import util as alembic_util
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_utils import fileutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
-import six
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.conf.db import migration_cli
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ def do_alembic_command(config, cmd, revision=None, desc=None, **kwargs):
     try:
         getattr(alembic_command, cmd)(config, *args, **kwargs)
     except alembic_util.CommandError as e:
-        log_error(six.text_type(e))
+        log_error(str(e))
     log_info(_('OK'))
 
 
diff --git a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
index 524f9c49709..2bec3900f0d 100644
--- a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from neutron_lib.utils import helpers
 from neutron_lib.utils import net
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
-import six
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
@@ -414,7 +413,7 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase,
         protocol = rule_dict.get('protocol')
         if protocol:
             # object expects strings only
-            protocol = six.text_type(protocol)
+            protocol = str(protocol)
 
         args = {
             'id': (rule_dict.get('id') or uuidutils.generate_uuid()),
diff --git a/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py b/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
index 36896a1f12d..48b3b5f4c0b 100644
--- a/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
+++ b/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from neutron_lib.db import constants as db_const
 from neutron_lib import exceptions
 from neutron_lib.plugins import directory
 from oslo_utils import netutils
-import six
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.api import extensions
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ def convert_protocol(value):
 
 
 def convert_ethertype_to_case_insensitive(value):
-    if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+    if isinstance(value, str):
         for ethertype in sg_supported_ethertypes:
             if ethertype.lower() == value.lower():
                 return ethertype
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/openflow/native/ofswitch.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/openflow/native/ofswitch.py
index cd23c2d10b5..1b4eff03aea 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/openflow/native/ofswitch.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/openflow/native/ofswitch.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
-import six
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.agent.common import ovs_lib
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ class OpenFlowSwitchMixin(object):
                              match=None, active_bundle=None, **match_kwargs):
         (dp, ofp, ofpp) = self._get_dp()
         match = self._match(ofp, ofpp, match, **match_kwargs)
-        if isinstance(instructions, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(instructions, str):
             debtcollector.deprecate("Use of string instruction is "
                 "deprecated", removal_version='U')
             jsonlist = ofctl_string.ofp_instruction_from_str(
diff --git a/neutron/policy.py b/neutron/policy.py
index d97a2768e82..ce6c62949fa 100644
--- a/neutron/policy.py
+++ b/neutron/policy.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from oslo_db import exception as db_exc
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_policy import policy
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 import stevedore
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ class OwnerCheck(policy.Check):
 
         match = self.match % target
         if self.kind in creds:
-            return match == six.text_type(creds[self.kind])
+            return match == str(creds[self.kind])
         return False
 
 
diff --git a/neutron/quota/__init__.py b/neutron/quota/__init__.py
index a07fd0317c5..ed0ca8f1079 100644
--- a/neutron/quota/__init__.py
+++ b/neutron/quota/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_log import versionutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
-import six
 import webob
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ class QuotaEngine(object):
                 _driver_class = QUOTA_CONF_DRIVER
                 LOG.info("ConfDriver is used as quota_driver because the "
                          "loaded plugin does not support 'quotas' table.")
-            if isinstance(_driver_class, six.string_types):
+            if isinstance(_driver_class, str):
                 _driver_class = importutils.import_object(_driver_class)
             if isinstance(_driver_class, ConfDriver):
                 versionutils.report_deprecated_feature(
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/linux/test_async_process.py b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/linux/test_async_process.py
index 4eb5d75340e..95317021677 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/linux/test_async_process.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/linux/test_async_process.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import eventlet
-import six
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.agent.common import async_process
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ class AsyncProcessTestFramework(base.BaseLoggingTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(AsyncProcessTestFramework, self).setUp()
         self.test_file_path = self.get_temp_file_path('test_async_process.tmp')
-        self.data = [six.text_type(x) for x in range(4)]
+        self.data = [str(x) for x in range(4)]
         with open(self.test_file_path, 'w') as f:
             f.writelines('%s\n' % item for item in self.data)
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py b/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
index 9bc075c6bfa..fee035da2fa 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from oslo_config import fixture as config_fixture
 from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import test_migrations
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslotest import base as oslotest_base
-import six
 import sqlalchemy
 from sqlalchemy import event  # noqa
 from sqlalchemy.sql import ddl as sqla_ddl
@@ -576,7 +575,7 @@ class _TestWalkMigrations(object):
         self.script_dir = alembic_script.ScriptDirectory.from_config(db_config)
         db_config.neutron_config = cfg.CONF
         db_config.neutron_config.set_override('connection',
-                                              six.text_type(uri),
+                                              str(uri),
                                               group='database')
         return db_config
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/api/v2/test_base.py b/neutron/tests/unit/api/v2/test_base.py
index b2a4b8ce0be..16073e0a5e9 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/api/v2/test_base.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/api/v2/test_base.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_db import exception as db_exc
 from oslo_policy import policy as oslo_policy
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
-import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 import webob
 from webob import exc
@@ -930,7 +929,7 @@ class JSONV2TestCase(APIv2TestBase, testlib_api.WebTestCase):
 
         instance = self.plugin.return_value
         instance.get_network.return_value = {
-            'tenant_id': six.text_type(tenant_id)
+            'tenant_id': str(tenant_id)
         }
         instance.get_ports_count.return_value = 1
         instance.create_port.return_value = return_value
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py b/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
index 63a6fe21c3e..1392a36ae1e 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class TestExcDetails(base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_extract_exc_details_no_details_attached(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(
-            utils.extract_exc_details(Exception()), six.text_type)
+            utils.extract_exc_details(Exception()), str)
 
 
 @ddt.ddt
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/testlib_api.py b/neutron/tests/unit/testlib_api.py
index f330258fd0d..6063bef93f0 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/testlib_api.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/testlib_api.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import six
 import testresources
 import testscenarios
 import testtools
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ def create_request(path, body, content_type, method='GET',
     req.headers = {}
     req.headers['Accept'] = content_type
     req.headers.update(headers)
-    if isinstance(body, six.text_type):
+    if isinstance(body, str):
         req.body = body.encode()
     else:
         req.body = body
diff --git a/neutron/wsgi.py b/neutron/wsgi.py
index fd422835920..741cd89ffbe 100644
--- a/neutron/wsgi.py
+++ b/neutron/wsgi.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from oslo_service import systemd
 from oslo_service import wsgi
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 import webob.dec
 import webob.exc
 
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ class JSONDictSerializer(DictSerializer):
 
     def default(self, data):
         def sanitizer(obj):
-            return six.text_type(obj)
+            return str(obj)
         return encode_body(jsonutils.dumps(data, default=sanitizer))