diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index a8da2e8c..b28fc552 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ requestsexceptions==1.2.0
 rfc3986==0.3.1
 Routes==2.3.1
 simplejson==3.5.1
-six==1.10.0
 smmap==0.9.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
 Sphinx==1.6.5
diff --git a/magnumclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py b/magnumclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
index b45f9311..7728018b 100644
--- a/magnumclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/magnumclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Exception definitions.
 import inspect
 import sys
 
-import six
 
 from magnumclient.i18n import _
 
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ def from_response(response, method, url):
                     kwargs["message"] = (error.get("message") or
                                          error.get("faultstring"))
                     kwargs["details"] = (error.get("details") or
-                                         six.text_type(body))
+                                         str(body))
     elif content_type.startswith("text/"):
         kwargs["details"] = getattr(response, 'text', '')
 
diff --git a/magnumclient/common/base.py b/magnumclient/common/base.py
index d5a5b1ea..99b13f84 100644
--- a/magnumclient/common/base.py
+++ b/magnumclient/common/base.py
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ Base utilities to build API operation managers and objects on top of.
 """
 
 import copy
-
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+from urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 from magnumclient.common.apiclient import base
 
diff --git a/magnumclient/common/cliutils.py b/magnumclient/common/cliutils.py
index 34ab129b..ba371be6 100644
--- a/magnumclient/common/cliutils.py
+++ b/magnumclient/common/cliutils.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ from magnumclient.common.apiclient import exceptions
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
 import prettytable
-import six
-from six import moves
 
 from magnumclient.i18n import _
 
@@ -301,10 +299,7 @@ def print_list(objs, fields, formatters=None, sortby_index=0,
             row.append(data)
         pt.add_row(row)
 
-    if six.PY3:
-        print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string(**kwargs)).decode())
-    else:
-        print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string(**kwargs)))
+    print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string(**kwargs)).decode())
 
 
 def keys_and_vals_to_strs(dictionary):
@@ -315,7 +310,7 @@ def keys_and_vals_to_strs(dictionary):
     def to_str(k_or_v):
         if isinstance(k_or_v, dict):
             return keys_and_vals_to_strs(k_or_v)
-        elif isinstance(k_or_v, six.text_type):
+        elif isinstance(k_or_v, str):
             return str(k_or_v)
         else:
             return k_or_v
@@ -334,12 +329,12 @@ def print_dict(dct, dict_property="Property", wrap=0):
     for k, v in dct.items():
         # convert dict to str to check length
         if isinstance(v, dict):
-            v = six.text_type(keys_and_vals_to_strs(v))
+            v = str(keys_and_vals_to_strs(v))
         if wrap > 0:
-            v = textwrap.fill(six.text_type(v), wrap)
+            v = textwrap.fill(str(v), wrap)
         # if value has a newline, add in multiple rows
         # e.g. fault with stacktrace
-        if v and isinstance(v, six.string_types) and r'\n' in v:
+        if v and isinstance(v, str) and r'\n' in v:
             lines = v.strip().split(r'\n')
             col1 = k
             for line in lines:
@@ -355,10 +350,7 @@ def print_dict(dct, dict_property="Property", wrap=0):
                 v = '-'
             pt.add_row([k, v])
 
-    if six.PY3:
-        print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string()).decode())
-    else:
-        print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string()))
+    print(encodeutils.safe_encode(pt.get_string()).decode())
 
 
 def get_password(max_password_prompts=3):
@@ -368,7 +360,7 @@ def get_password(max_password_prompts=3):
     if hasattr(sys.stdin, "isatty") and sys.stdin.isatty():
         # Check for Ctrl-D
         try:
-            for __ in moves.range(max_password_prompts):
+            for __ in range(max_password_prompts):
                 pw1 = getpass.getpass("OS Password: ")
                 if verify:
                     pw2 = getpass.getpass("Please verify: ")
diff --git a/magnumclient/common/httpclient.py b/magnumclient/common/httpclient.py
index 79712035..e4e5a8ad 100644
--- a/magnumclient/common/httpclient.py
+++ b/magnumclient/common/httpclient.py
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import copy
+from http import client as http_client
+import io
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
 import ssl
+from urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 from keystoneauth1 import adapter
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
-import six
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from magnumclient import exceptions
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             _kwargs['key_file'] = kwargs.get('key_file', None)
             _kwargs['insecure'] = kwargs.get('insecure', False)
         elif parts.scheme == 'http':
-            _class = six.moves.http_client.HTTPConnection
+            _class = http_client.HTTPConnection
         else:
             msg = 'Unsupported scheme: %s' % parts.scheme
             raise exceptions.EndpointException(msg)
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             ]
             body_str = ''.join(body_list)
             self.log_http_response(resp, body_str)
-            body_iter = six.StringIO(body_str)
+            body_iter = io.StringIO(body_str)
         else:
             self.log_http_response(resp)
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
         return self._http_request(url, method, **kwargs)
 
 
-class VerifiedHTTPSConnection(six.moves.http_client.HTTPSConnection):
+class VerifiedHTTPSConnection(http_client.HTTPSConnection):
     """httplib-compatibile connection using client-side SSL authentication
 
     :see http://code.activestate.com/recipes/
@@ -266,9 +267,9 @@ class VerifiedHTTPSConnection(six.moves.http_client.HTTPSConnection):
 
     def __init__(self, host, port, key_file=None, cert_file=None,
                  ca_file=None, timeout=None, insecure=False):
-        six.moves.http_client.HTTPSConnection.__init__(self, host, port,
-                                                       key_file=key_file,
-                                                       cert_file=cert_file)
+        http_client.HTTPSConnection.__init__(self, host, port,
+                                             key_file=key_file,
+                                             cert_file=cert_file)
         self.key_file = key_file
         self.cert_file = cert_file
         if ca_file is not None:
diff --git a/magnumclient/shell.py b/magnumclient/shell.py
index 9da92558..7727640b 100644
--- a/magnumclient/shell.py
+++ b/magnumclient/shell.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import sys
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
-import six
 
 from magnumclient.common import cliutils
 from magnumclient import exceptions as exc
@@ -642,7 +641,7 @@ def main():
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.debug(e, exc_info=1)
-        print("ERROR: %s" % encodeutils.safe_encode(six.text_type(e)),
+        print("ERROR: %s" % encodeutils.safe_encode(str(e)),
               file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/magnumclient/tests/test_httpclient.py b/magnumclient/tests/test_httpclient.py
index a38fbbe5..b5fa2304 100644
--- a/magnumclient/tests/test_httpclient.py
+++ b/magnumclient/tests/test_httpclient.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from http import client as http_client
+import io
 from unittest import mock
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
-import six
 import socket
 
 from magnumclient.common.apiclient.exceptions import GatewayTimeout
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_error_body(faultstring=None, debuginfo=None, err_type=NORMAL_ERROR):
     return raw_body
 
 
-HTTP_CLASS = six.moves.http_client.HTTPConnection
+HTTP_CLASS = http_client.HTTPConnection
 HTTPS_CLASS = http.VerifiedHTTPSConnection
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 600
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
     def test_server_exception_empty_body(self):
         error_body = _get_error_body()
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse({'content-type': 'application/json'},
-                                       six.StringIO(error_body),
+                                       io.StringIO(error_body),
                                        version=1,
                                        status=500)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
         error_msg = 'test error msg'
         error_body = _get_error_body(error_msg, err_type=ERROR_DICT)
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse({'content-type': 'application/json'},
-                                       six.StringIO(error_body),
+                                       io.StringIO(error_body),
                                        version=1,
                                        status=500)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
         error_body = _get_error_body(error_msg, error_trace,
                                      ERROR_LIST_WITH_DESC)
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse({'content-type': 'application/json'},
-                                       six.StringIO(error_body),
+                                       io.StringIO(error_body),
                                        version=1,
                                        status=500)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
     def test_401_unauthorized_exception(self):
         error_body = _get_error_body(err_type=ERROR_LIST_WITH_DETAIL)
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse({'content-type': 'text/plain'},
-                                       six.StringIO(error_body),
+                                       io.StringIO(error_body),
                                        version=1,
                                        status=401)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
         err = "foo"
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse(
             {'content-type': 'application/json'},
-            six.StringIO(err), version=1, status=200)
+            io.StringIO(err), version=1, status=200)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
         conn = utils.FakeConnection(fake_resp)
         client.get_connection = (lambda *a, **kw: conn)
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
     def test_server_success_body_none(self):
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse(
             {'content-type': None},
-            six.StringIO('bar'), version=1, status=200)
+            io.StringIO('bar'), version=1, status=200)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
         conn = utils.FakeConnection(fake_resp)
         client.get_connection = (lambda *a, **kw: conn)
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
         err = _get_error_body()
         fake_resp = utils.FakeResponse(
             {'content-type': 'application/json'},
-            six.StringIO(err), version=1, status=200)
+            io.StringIO(err), version=1, status=200)
         client = http.HTTPClient('http://localhost/')
         conn = utils.FakeConnection(fake_resp)
         client.get_connection = (lambda *a, **kw: conn)
diff --git a/magnumclient/tests/test_shell.py b/magnumclient/tests/test_shell.py
index cdd5e3b3..c4b8b8dc 100644
--- a/magnumclient/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/magnumclient/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import io
 import re
 import sys
 from unittest import mock
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ from unittest import mock
 import argparse
 import fixtures
 from keystoneauth1 import fixture
-import six
 from testtools import matchers
 
 from magnumclient import exceptions
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(False, session_kwargs['verify'])
 
     @mock.patch('sys.argv', ['magnum'])
-    @mock.patch('sys.stdout', six.StringIO())
-    @mock.patch('sys.stderr', six.StringIO())
+    @mock.patch('sys.stdout', io.StringIO())
+    @mock.patch('sys.stderr', io.StringIO())
     def test_main_noargs(self):
         # Ensure that main works with no command-line arguments
         try:
diff --git a/magnumclient/tests/test_utils.py b/magnumclient/tests/test_utils.py
index bd560057..7086a12e 100644
--- a/magnumclient/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/magnumclient/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import builtins
 import collections
 from unittest import mock
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
-import six
-import six.moves.builtins as __builtin__
 import tempfile
 
 from magnumclient.common import cliutils
@@ -220,10 +219,10 @@ class FormatLabelsTest(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 class CliUtilsTest(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_keys_and_vals_to_strs(self):
-        dict_in = {six.u('a'): six.u('1'),
-                   six.u('b'): {six.u('x'): 1,
-                                'y': six.u('2'),
-                                six.u('z'): six.u('3')},
+        dict_in = {'a': '1',
+                   'b': {'x': 1,
+                         'y': '2',
+                         'z': '3'},
                    'c': 7}
 
         dict_exp = collections.OrderedDict([
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ class CliUtilsTest(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
             ('b', collections.OrderedDict(sorted(dict_out['b'].items()))),
             ('c', dict_out['c'])])
 
-        self.assertEqual(six.text_type(dict_exp), six.text_type(dict_act))
+        self.assertEqual(str(dict_exp), str(dict_act))
 
 
 class HandleJsonFromFileTest(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ class HandleJsonFromFileTest(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(jsonutils.loads(contents), steps)
 
-    @mock.patch.object(__builtin__, 'open', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(builtins, 'open', autospec=True)
     def test_handle_json_from_file_open_fail(self, mock_open):
         mock_file_object = mock.MagicMock()
         mock_file_handle = mock.MagicMock()
diff --git a/magnumclient/tests/utils.py b/magnumclient/tests/utils.py
index 15626715..4191bcc4 100644
--- a/magnumclient/tests/utils.py
+++ b/magnumclient/tests/utils.py
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
 
 import copy
 import datetime
+import io
 import os
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
+import queue
 import sys
 
 import fixtures
-import six
 import testtools
 
 from magnumclient.common import httpclient as http
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class FakeAPI(object):
 
     def raw_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
         response = self._request(*args, **kwargs)
-        body_iter = http.ResponseBodyIterator(six.StringIO(response[1]))
+        body_iter = http.ResponseBodyIterator(io.StringIO(response[1]))
         return FakeResponse(response[0]), body_iter
 
     def json_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class FakeAPI(object):
 
 class FakeConnection(object):
     def __init__(self, response=None, **kwargs):
-        self._response = six.moves.queue.Queue()
+        self._response = queue.Queue()
         self._response.put(response)
         self._last_request = None
         self._exc = kwargs['exc'] if 'exc' in kwargs else None
@@ -156,8 +157,8 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         orig = sys.stdout
         orig_stderr = sys.stderr
         try:
-            sys.stdout = six.StringIO()
-            sys.stderr = six.StringIO()
+            sys.stdout = io.StringIO()
+            sys.stderr = io.StringIO()
             _shell = shell.OpenStackMagnumShell()
             _shell.main(argstr.split())
         except SystemExit:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 230787bc..4b98af71 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 keystoneauth1>=3.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0