diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index a649c04c..bfadfcb0 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ PyYAML==3.12
 reno==2.5.0
 requests==2.14.2
 rfc3986==0.3.1
-six==1.10.0
 smmap==0.9.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
 Sphinx==1.8.0
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/api.py b/oslo_vmware/api.py
index f30fd356..6e18e6d4 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/api.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/api.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from oslo_concurrency import lockutils
 from oslo_context import context
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import reflection
-import six
 
 from oslo_vmware._i18n import _
 from oslo_vmware.common import loopingcall
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ class VMwareAPISession(object):
                         fault = excep.fault_list[0]
                         clazz = exceptions.get_fault_class(fault)
                         if clazz:
-                            raise clazz(six.text_type(excep),
+                            raise clazz(str(excep),
                                         details=excep.details)
                     raise
 
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ class VMwareAPISession(object):
         except exceptions.VimException as ex:
             LOG.debug("Error: %(error)s occurred while checking whether the "
                       "current session: %(session)s is active.",
-                      {'error': six.text_type(ex),
+                      {'error': str(ex),
                        'session': _trunc_id(self._session_id)})
 
         return is_active
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/exceptions.py b/oslo_vmware/exceptions.py
index df6d6768..a7a9bcb2 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/exceptions.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/exceptions.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Exception definitions.
 
 import logging
 
-import six
-
 from oslo_vmware._i18n import _
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -53,11 +51,7 @@ class VMwareDriverException(Exception):
     """
     msg_fmt = _("An unknown exception occurred.")
 
-    if six.PY2:
-        __str__ = lambda self: six.text_type(self).encode('utf8')
-        __unicode__ = lambda self: self.description
-    else:
-        __str__ = lambda self: self.description
+    __str__ = lambda self: self.description
 
     def __init__(self, message=None, details=None, **kwargs):
 
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ class VMwareDriverException(Exception):
                 # kwargs doesn't match a variable in the message
                 # log the issue and the kwargs
                 LOG.exception('Exception in string format operation')
-                for name, value in six.iteritems(kwargs):
+                for name, value in kwargs.items():
                     LOG.error("%(name)s: %(value)s",
                               {'name': name, 'value': value})
                 # at least get the core message out if something happened
@@ -98,9 +92,9 @@ class VMwareDriverException(Exception):
         # NOTE(jecarey): self.msg and self.cause may be i18n objects
         # that do not support str or concatenation, but can be used
         # as replacement text.
-        descr = six.text_type(self.msg)
+        descr = str(self.msg)
         if self.cause:
-            descr += '\nCause: ' + six.text_type(self.cause)
+            descr += '\nCause: ' + str(self.cause)
         return descr
 
 
@@ -154,7 +148,7 @@ class VimFaultException(VimException):
         if self.details:
             # details may contain non-ASCII values
             details = '{%s}' % ', '.join(["'%s': '%s'" % (k, v) for k, v in
-                                          six.iteritems(self.details)])
+                                          self.details.items()])
             descr += '\nDetails: ' + details
         return descr
 
@@ -306,7 +300,7 @@ def translate_fault(localized_method_fault, excep_msg=None):
     """
     try:
         if not excep_msg:
-            excep_msg = six.text_type(localized_method_fault.localizedMessage)
+            excep_msg = str(localized_method_fault.localizedMessage)
         name = localized_method_fault.fault.__class__.__name__
         fault_class = get_fault_class(name)
         if fault_class:
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/image_transfer.py b/oslo_vmware/image_transfer.py
index 264fb19d..8af12ee9 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/image_transfer.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/image_transfer.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import logging
 import tarfile
 
 from eventlet import timeout
-import six
 
 from oslo_utils import units
 from oslo_vmware._i18n import _
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ def upload_image(context, timeout_secs, image_service, image_id, owner_id,
         LOG.warning("The keyword argument 'image_version' is deprecated "
                     "and will be ignored in the next release.")
 
-    image_ver = six.text_type(kwargs.get('image_version'))
+    image_ver = str(kwargs.get('image_version'))
     image_metadata = {'disk_format': 'vmdk',
                       'name': kwargs.get('image_name'),
                       'properties': {'vmware_image_version': image_ver,
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/objects/datastore.py b/oslo_vmware/objects/datastore.py
index 96c55ff3..7f2c34ce 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/objects/datastore.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/objects/datastore.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import posixpath
 import random
 import re
 
-import six.moves.http_client as httplib
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+import http.client as httplib
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from oslo_vmware._i18n import _
 from oslo_vmware import constants
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/pbm.py b/oslo_vmware/pbm.py
index 849cd556..c0a92abf 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/pbm.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/pbm.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Refer http://goo.gl/GR2o6U for more details.
 import logging
 import os
 
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
-import six.moves.urllib.request as urllib
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
+import urllib.request as urllib
 
 from oslo_vmware import service
 from oslo_vmware import vim_util
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/rw_handles.py b/oslo_vmware/rw_handles.py
index b98da0cd..b869e101 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/rw_handles.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/rw_handles.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ import time
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import netutils
 import requests
-import six
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
 from urllib3 import connection as httplib
 
 from oslo_vmware._i18n import _
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ class FileHandle(object):
                                self._build_vim_cookie_header(cookies)})
             if content_type:
                 headers.update({'Content-Type': content_type})
-            for key, value in six.iteritems(headers):
+            for key, value in headers.items():
                 conn.putheader(key, value)
             conn.endheaders()
             return conn
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/service.py b/oslo_vmware/service.py
index 675ce3b7..a1551e56 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/service.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/service.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 Common classes that provide access to vSphere services.
 """
 
+import http.client as httplib
+import io
 import logging
 import os
 
@@ -24,8 +26,6 @@ import netaddr
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import requests
-import six
-import six.moves.http_client as httplib
 import suds
 from suds import cache
 from suds import client
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ServiceMessagePlugin(plugin.MessagePlugin):
         context.envelope.walk(self.add_attribute_for_value)
 
 
-class Response(six.BytesIO):
+class Response(io.BytesIO):
     """Response with an input stream as source."""
 
     def __init__(self, stream, status=200, headers=None):
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Response(six.BytesIO):
         self.headers = headers or {}
         self.reason = requests.status_codes._codes.get(
             status, [''])[0].upper().replace('_', ' ')
-        six.BytesIO.__init__(self, stream)
+        io.BytesIO.__init__(self, stream)
 
     @property
     def _original_response(self):
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Response(six.BytesIO):
         return self
 
     def read(self, chunk_size, **kwargs):
-        return six.BytesIO.read(self, chunk_size)
+        return io.BytesIO.read(self, chunk_size)
 
     def info(self):
         return self
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class RequestsTransport(transport.Transport):
 
     def open(self, request):
         resp = self.session.get(request.url, verify=self.verify)
-        return six.BytesIO(resp.content)
+        return io.BytesIO(resp.content)
 
     def send(self, request):
         resp = self.session.post(request.url,
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ class Service(object):
 
                 # Socket errors which need special handling; some of these
                 # might be caused by server API call overload.
-                if (six.text_type(excep).find(ADDRESS_IN_USE_ERROR) != -1 or
-                        six.text_type(excep).find(CONN_ABORT_ERROR)) != -1:
+                if (str(excep).find(ADDRESS_IN_USE_ERROR) != -1 or
+                        str(excep).find(CONN_ABORT_ERROR)) != -1:
                     raise exceptions.VimSessionOverLoadException(
                         _("Socket error in %s.") % attr_name, excep)
                 # Type error which needs special handling; it might be caused
                 # by server API call overload.
-                elif six.text_type(excep).find(RESP_NOT_XML_ERROR) != -1:
+                elif str(excep).find(RESP_NOT_XML_ERROR) != -1:
                     raise exceptions.VimSessionOverLoadException(
                         _("Type error in %s.") % attr_name, excep)
                 else:
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/objects/test_datastore.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/objects/test_datastore.py
index 856191d6..bda052b4 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/objects/test_datastore.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/objects/test_datastore.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import mock
 from oslo_utils import units
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from oslo_vmware import constants
 from oslo_vmware.objects import datastore
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class DatastoreURLTestCase(base.TestCase):
         ds_url = datastore.DatastoreURL.urlparse(url)
         self.assertEqual(path, ds_url.path)
 
-    @mock.patch('six.moves.http_client.HTTPSConnection')
+    @mock.patch('http.client.HTTPSConnection')
     def test_connect(self, mock_conn):
         dc_path = 'datacenter-1'
         ds_name = 'datastore-1'
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_api.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_api.py
index ad5bce45..298aabd8 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_api.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Unit tests for session management and API invocation classes.
 from datetime import datetime
 from eventlet import greenthread
 import mock
-import six
 import suds
 
 from oslo_context import context
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ class VMwareAPISessionTest(base.TestCase):
         expected_str = "%s\nFaults: %s\nDetails: %s" % (fault_string,
                                                         fault_list,
                                                         details_str)
-        self.assertEqual(expected_str, six.text_type(e))
+        self.assertEqual(expected_str, str(e))
         self.assertEqual(details, e.details)
 
     def test_invoke_api_with_empty_response(self):
@@ -598,7 +597,7 @@ class VMwareAPISessionTest(base.TestCase):
                               ctx)
 
     def test_poll_task_well_known_exceptions(self):
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(exceptions._fault_classes_registry):
+        for k, v in exceptions._fault_classes_registry.items():
             self._poll_task_well_known_exceptions(k, v)
 
     def test_poll_task_unknown_exception(self):
@@ -607,7 +606,7 @@ class VMwareAPISessionTest(base.TestCase):
             'RuntimeFault': exceptions.VimFaultException
         }
 
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(_unknown_exceptions):
+        for k, v in _unknown_exceptions.items():
             self._poll_task_well_known_exceptions(k, v)
 
     def test_update_pbm_wsdl_loc(self):
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_image_transfer.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_image_transfer.py
index 0bb61b72..8289a685 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_image_transfer.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_image_transfer.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 Unit tests for functions and classes for image transfer.
 """
 
+import io
+
 import mock
-import six
 
 from oslo_vmware import exceptions
 from oslo_vmware import image_transfer
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class ImageTransferUtilityTest(base.TestCase):
 
     def test_start_transfer(self):
         data = b'image-data-here'
-        read_handle = six.BytesIO(data)
+        read_handle = io.BytesIO(data)
         write_handle = mock.Mock()
         image_transfer._start_transfer(read_handle, write_handle, None)
         write_handle.write.assert_called_once_with(data)
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ class ImageTransferUtilityTest(base.TestCase):
                                                                file_path,
                                                                image_size)
 
-        ver_str = six.text_type(image_version)
+        ver_str = str(image_version)
         image_metadata = {'disk_format': 'vmdk',
                           'name': image_name,
                           'properties': {'vmware_image_version': ver_str,
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_pbm.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_pbm.py
index bc05f7e7..3b57506c 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_pbm.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_pbm.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Unit tests for PBM utility methods.
 import os
 
 import mock
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
-import six.moves.urllib.request as urllib
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
+import urllib.request as urllib
 
 from oslo_vmware import pbm
 from oslo_vmware.tests import base
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_rw_handles.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_rw_handles.py
index d8d03929..b35faed9 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_rw_handles.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_rw_handles.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import ssl
 
 import mock
 import requests
-import six
 
 from oslo_vmware import exceptions
 from oslo_vmware import rw_handles
@@ -414,7 +413,7 @@ class ImageReadHandleTest(base.TestCase):
         max_items = 10
         item = [1] * 10
 
-        class ImageReadIterator(six.Iterator):
+        class ImageReadIterator(object):
 
             def __init__(self):
                 self.num_items = 0
diff --git a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_service.py b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_service.py
index a12a0fc9..9bc24f41 100644
--- a/oslo_vmware/tests/test_service.py
+++ b/oslo_vmware/tests/test_service.py
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import http.client as httplib
 import io
 
 import ddt
 import mock
 import requests
-import six
-import six.moves.http_client as httplib
 import suds
 
 from oslo_vmware import exceptions
@@ -503,10 +502,7 @@ class RequestsTransportTest(base.TestCase):
         def readinto_mock(buf):
             buf[0:] = data
 
-        if six.PY3:
-            builtin_open = 'builtins.open'
-        else:
-            builtin_open = '__builtin__.open'
+        builtin_open = 'builtins.open'
         open_mock = mock.MagicMock(name='file_handle',
                                    spec=open)
         file_spec = list(set(dir(io.TextIOWrapper)).union(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 472831a7..65917f0a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 netaddr>=0.7.18 # BSD
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 
 oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0