diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 6d5c489..ca7a79d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'2015, Sahara team'
+copyright = '2015, Sahara team'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'saharamaprplugin-testsdoc'
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'doc-sahara-plugin-mapr.tex', u'Sahara MapR Plugin Documentation',
-   u'Sahara team', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'doc-sahara-plugin-mapr.tex', 'Sahara MapR Plugin Documentation',
+   'Sahara team', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ smartquotes_excludes = {'builders': ['latex']}
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', u'sahara-plugin-mapr Documentation',
-     [u'Sahara team'], 1)
+    ('index', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', 'sahara-plugin-mapr Documentation',
+     ['Sahara team'], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ man_pages = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', u'sahara-plugin-mapr Documentation',
-   u'Sahara team', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', 'One line description of project.',
+  ('index', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', 'sahara-plugin-mapr Documentation',
+   'Sahara team', 'sahara-plugin-mapr', 'One line description of project.',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 67b71c1..d865f33 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'2015, Sahara Developers'
+copyright = '2015, Sahara Developers'
 
 # Release do not need a version number in the title, they
 # cover multiple versions.
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'SaharaMapRReleaseNotesdoc'
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
     ('index', 'SaharaMapRReleaseNotes.tex',
-     u'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
-     u'Sahara Developers', 'manual'),
+     'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
+     'Sahara Developers', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
     ('index', 'saharamaprreleasenotes',
-     u'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
-     [u'Sahara Developers'], 1)
+     'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
+     ['Sahara Developers'], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
     ('index', 'SaharaMapRReleaseNotes',
-     u'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
-     u'Sahara Developers', 'SaharaMapRReleaseNotes',
+     'Sahara MapR Plugin Release Notes Documentation',
+     'Sahara Developers', 'SaharaMapRReleaseNotes',
      'One line description of project.',
      'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 434ca8b..45195a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
 sahara>=10.0.0.0b1
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_context.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_context.py
index 72abc9c..2e8a27b 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_context.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_context.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractClusterContext(object):
+class AbstractClusterContext(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractproperty
     def mapr_home(self):
         return
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_validator.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_validator.py
index 79f6a3d..8bc9ced 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_validator.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/cluster_validator.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractValidator(object):
+class AbstractValidator(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def validate(self, cluster_context):
         pass
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/configurer.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/configurer.py
index 6756b45..8b00bab 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/configurer.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/configurer.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractConfigurer(object):
+class AbstractConfigurer(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def configure(self, cluster_context, instances=None):
         pass
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/health_checker.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/health_checker.py
index 7050fed..3e80bcf 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/health_checker.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/health_checker.py
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractHealthChecker(object):
+class AbstractHealthChecker(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_checks(self, cluster_context, instances=None):
         pass
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/node_manager.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/node_manager.py
index 3447d6c..ceb427f 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/node_manager.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/node_manager.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractNodeManager(object):
+class AbstractNodeManager(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def start(self, cluster_context, instances=None):
         pass
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/version_handler.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/version_handler.py
index 0931184..6b45292 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/version_handler.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/abstract/version_handler.py
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
 
-
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class AbstractVersionHandler(object):
+class AbstractVersionHandler(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_node_processes(self):
         return
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/base/base_cluster_configurer.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/base/base_cluster_configurer.py
index 03cb418..4caa351 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/base/base_cluster_configurer.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/base/base_cluster_configurer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import abc
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-import six
 
 from sahara.plugins import conductor
 from sahara.plugins import context
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ SERVICE_INSTALL_PRIORITY = [
 ]
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class BaseConfigurer(ac.AbstractConfigurer):
+class BaseConfigurer(ac.AbstractConfigurer, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def configure(self, cluster_context, instances=None):
         instances = instances or cluster_context.get_instances()
         self._configure_ssh_connection(cluster_context, instances)
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ class BaseConfigurer(ac.AbstractConfigurer):
         LOG.debug("Configuring cluster topology")
 
         topology_map = cluster_context.topology_map
-        topology_map = ("%s %s" % item for item in six.iteritems(topology_map))
+        topology_map = ("%s %s" % item for item in topology_map.items())
         topology_map = "\n".join(topology_map) + "\n"
 
         data_path = "%s/topology.data" % cluster_context.mapr_home
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ class BaseConfigurer(ac.AbstractConfigurer):
 
     def _restart_services(self, cluster_context):
         restart = cluster_context.should_be_restarted
-        for service, instances in six.iteritems(restart):
+        for service, instances in restart.items():
             service.restart(util.unique_list(instances))
 
     def _post_configure_sh(self, cluster_context, instances):
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/configuration_file.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/configuration_file.py
index e428520..5eb699f 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/configuration_file.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/configuration_file.py
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ import os
 import re
 
 import jinja2 as j2
-import six
 
 import sahara.plugins.exceptions as e
 import sahara.plugins.utils as utils
 from sahara_plugin_mapr.i18n import _
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class FileAttr(object):
+class FileAttr(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def __init__(self, path, data, mode, owner):
         self.path = path
         self.data = data
@@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ class FileAttr(object):
         self.owner = owner
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
-class BaseConfigurationFile(object):
+class BaseConfigurationFile(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def __init__(self, file_name):
         self.f_name = file_name
         self._config_dict = dict()
@@ -66,14 +63,14 @@ class BaseConfigurationFile(object):
             self.parse(content)
 
     def load_properties(self, config_dict):
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(config_dict):
+        for k, v in config_dict.items():
             self.add_property(k, v)
 
     def add_property(self, name, value):
         self._config_dict[name] = value
 
     def add_properties(self, properties):
-        for prop in six.iteritems(properties):
+        for prop in properties.items():
             self.add_property(*prop)
 
     def _get_config_value(self, name):
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@ class PropertiesFile(BaseConfigurationFile):
 
     def render(self):
         lines = ['%s%s%s' % (k, self.separator, v) for k, v in
-                 six.iteritems(self._config_dict)]
+                 self._config_dict.items()]
         return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
 
 
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ class EnvironmentConfig(BaseConfigurationFile):
             string = string.decode("utf-8")
         except AttributeError:
             pass
-        string = six.text_type(string).strip()
+        string = str(string).strip()
         string = string.replace("\"", "")
         return string
 
@@ -191,5 +188,5 @@ class EnvironmentConfig(BaseConfigurationFile):
                     del self._config_dict[name]
             else:
                 result.append(line)
-        extra_ops = [self._tmpl % i for i in six.iteritems(self._config_dict)]
+        extra_ops = [self._tmpl % i for i in self._config_dict.items()]
         return '\n'.join(result + extra_ops) + '\n'
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/service.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/service.py
index 742a13f..85fd631 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/service.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/domain/service.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-import six
 
 import sahara.plugins.exceptions as ex
 import sahara.plugins.provisioning as p
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@ SERVICE_UI = 'Web UI'
 _INSTALL_PACKAGES_TIMEOUT = 3600
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(g.Singleton)
-class Service(object):
+class Service(object, metaclass=g.Singleton):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = None
         self._ui_name = None
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/services/mysql/mysql.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/services/mysql/mysql.py
index a6cbf75..d891b88 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/services/mysql/mysql.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/services/mysql/mysql.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import collections as c
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-import six
 
 import sahara.plugins.utils as u
 import sahara_plugin_mapr.plugins.mapr.domain.configuration_file as cf
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ class MySQL(s.Service):
         script.parse(u.get_file_text(
             'plugins/mapr/services/mysql/resources/%s' % template,
             'sahara_plugin_mapr'))
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(kwargs):
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
             script.add_property(k, v)
         return script
 
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/util/service_utils.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/util/service_utils.py
index cc02243..de47a4b 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/util/service_utils.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/plugins/mapr/util/service_utils.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # under the License.
 
 
-import six
-
 from sahara_plugin_mapr.i18n import _
 
 
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ def get_node_process_name(node_process):
 
     if isinstance(node_process, np.NodeProcess):
         return node_process.ui_name
-    if isinstance(node_process, six.string_types):
+    if isinstance(node_process, str):
         return node_process
 
     raise TypeError(_("Invalid argument type %s") % type(node_process))
diff --git a/sahara_plugin_mapr/tests/unit/plugins/mapr/test_base_handler.py b/sahara_plugin_mapr/tests/unit/plugins/mapr/test_base_handler.py
index 199d292..e7d3412 100644
--- a/sahara_plugin_mapr/tests/unit/plugins/mapr/test_base_handler.py
+++ b/sahara_plugin_mapr/tests/unit/plugins/mapr/test_base_handler.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import six
-
 from sahara.plugins import provisioning as p
 from sahara.plugins import testutils as tu
 import sahara_plugin_mapr.plugins.mapr.abstract.cluster_context as a_context
@@ -78,8 +76,8 @@ class TestHandler(b.SaharaTestCase):
         np_dict = self.handler.get_node_processes()
         self.assertIsNotNone(np_dict)
         self.assertIsInstance(np_dict, dict)
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(np_dict):
-            self.assertIsInstance(k, six.string_types)
+        for k, v in np_dict.items():
+            self.assertIsInstance(k, str)
             self.assertIsInstance(v, list)
             self.assertNotEqual(0, len(v))
 
@@ -100,8 +98,8 @@ class TestHandler(b.SaharaTestCase):
     def test_get_configs_dict(self):
         configs_dict = self.handler.get_configs_dict()
         self.assertIsInstance(configs_dict, dict)
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(configs_dict):
-            self.assertIsInstance(k, six.string_types)
+        for k, v in configs_dict.items():
+            self.assertIsInstance(k, str)
             self.assertIsInstance(v, dict)
 
     def test_get_open_ports(self):