diff --git a/octavia_dashboard/api/rest/lbaasv2.py b/octavia_dashboard/api/rest/lbaasv2.py
index 51cba214..c4444a01 100644
--- a/octavia_dashboard/api/rest/lbaasv2.py
+++ b/octavia_dashboard/api/rest/lbaasv2.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 """API over the neutron LBaaS v2 service.
 """
 
-from six.moves import _thread as thread
+import _thread as thread
 from time import sleep
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 22172b8c..3ba3763f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ oslo.log>=3.36.0 # Apache-2.0
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-barbicanclient>=4.5.2 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.22.0 # Apache-2.0
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT