diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
index a9c0e5647c..1308b19c40 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 import struct
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
-
-import six
 import urllib3
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ class NoVNCConsoleTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
                 'Expected authentication type None.')
             # Send to the server that we only support authentication
             # type None
-            self._websocket.send_frame(six.int2byte(1))
+            self._websocket.send_frame(bytes((1,)))
 
             # The server should send 4 bytes of 0's if security
             # handshake succeeded
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ class NoVNCConsoleTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
                 'Server did not think security was successful.')
 
         # Say to leave the desktop as shared as part of client initialization
-        self._websocket.send_frame(six.int2byte(1))
+        self._websocket.send_frame(bytes((1,)))
         # Get the server initialization packet back and make sure it is the
         # right structure where bytes 20-24 is the name length and
         # 24-N is the name
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_tokens.py b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_tokens.py
index a928ad9f4f..d3776b85c5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_tokens.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
-import six
 from tempest.api.identity import base
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class TokensTest(base.BaseIdentityV2Test):
         body = token_client.auth(username, password, tenant_name)
 
         self.assertNotEmpty(body['token']['id'])
-        self.assertIsInstance(body['token']['id'], six.string_types)
+        self.assertIsInstance(body['token']['id'], str)
 
         now = timeutils.utcnow()
         expires_at = timeutils.normalize_time(
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/v3/test_tokens.py b/tempest/api/identity/v3/test_tokens.py
index b201285aa4..55fceadcd9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/v3/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/v3/test_tokens.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import operator
 
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
-import six
 
 from tempest.api.identity import base
 from tempest.lib import decorators
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ class TokensV3Test(base.BaseIdentityV3Test):
             auth_data=True)
 
         self.assertNotEmpty(token_id)
-        self.assertIsInstance(token_id, six.string_types)
+        self.assertIsInstance(token_id, str)
 
         now = timeutils.utcnow()
         expires_at = timeutils.normalize_time(
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
index ffea6f61f6..4966ec4017 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import random
-
-import six
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.object_storage import base
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ class AccountTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(AccountTest, cls).resource_setup()
         for i in range(ord('a'), ord('f') + 1):
-            name = data_utils.rand_name(name='%s-' % six.int2byte(i))
+            name = data_utils.rand_name(name='%s-' % bytes((i,)))
             cls.container_client.update_container(name)
             cls.addClassResourceCleanup(base.delete_containers,
                                         [name],
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/api_version_utils.py b/tempest/lib/common/api_version_utils.py
index 80dbc1d84c..db5c8c3206 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/api_version_utils.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/api_version_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import six
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.lib.common import api_version_request
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ def assert_version_header_matches_request(api_microversion_header_name,
     :param response_header: Response header where microversion is
             expected to be present.
     """
-    if not isinstance(api_microversion, six.string_types):
+    if not isinstance(api_microversion, str):
         raise TypeError('api_microversion must be a string')
     api_microversion_header_name = api_microversion_header_name.lower()
     if (api_microversion_header_name not in response_header or
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/http.py b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
index 8c1a80222d..33f871bc74 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/http.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/http.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import six
 import urllib3
 
 
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ class ClosingHttp(urllib3.poolmanager.PoolManager):
                 for key, value in info.getheaders().items():
                     # We assume HTTP header name to be string, not random
                     # bytes, thus ensure we have string keys.
-                    self[six.u(key).lower()] = value
+                    self[str(key).lower()] = value
                 self.status = info.status
                 self['status'] = str(self.status)
                 self.reason = info.reason
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/ssh.py b/tempest/lib/common/ssh.py
index 60107d7761..ee1537542b 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/ssh.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/ssh.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import time
 import warnings
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-import six
 
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class Client(object):
         self.username = username
         self.port = port
         self.password = password
-        if isinstance(pkey, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(pkey, str):
             pkey = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key(
                 io.StringIO(str(pkey)))
         self.pkey = pkey
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py b/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
index b6671b5d29..1e94f862f1 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/utils/data_utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import string
 import uuid
 
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
-import six.moves
 
 
 def rand_uuid():
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ def random_bytes(size=1024):
     """
     if size > 1 << 20:
         raise RuntimeError('Size should be less than 1MiB')
-    return b''.join([six.int2byte(random.randint(0, 255))
+    return b''.join([bytes((random.randint(0, 255),))
                      for i in range(size)])
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/decorators.py b/tempest/lib/decorators.py
index 25ff4735c4..a4633cac3e 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/decorators.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/decorators.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import functools
 import uuid
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-import six
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def related_bug(bug, status_code=None, bug_type='launchpad'):
 
 def idempotent_id(id):
     """Stub for metadata decorator"""
-    if not isinstance(id, six.string_types):
+    if not isinstance(id, str):
         raise TypeError('Test idempotent_id must be string not %s'
                         '' % type(id).__name__)
     uuid.UUID(id)
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ def attr(**kwargs):
         # Check to see if the attr should be conditional applied.
         if 'condition' in kwargs and not kwargs.get('condition'):
             return f
-        if 'type' in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs['type'], six.string_types):
+        if 'type' in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs['type'], str):
             f = testtools.testcase.attr(kwargs['type'])(f)
         elif 'type' in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs['type'], list):
             for attr in kwargs['type']:
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/identity/v3/oauth_token_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/identity/v3/oauth_token_client.py
index 236b22437e..564d6d60e5 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/identity/v3/oauth_token_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/identity/v3/oauth_token_client.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import random
 import time
 from urllib import parse as urlparse
 
-import six
-
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ class OAUTHTokenClient(rest_client.RestClient):
         safe = b'~'
         s = s.encode('utf-8') if isinstance(s, str) else s
         s = urlparse.quote(s, safe)
-        if isinstance(s, six.binary_type):
+        if isinstance(s, bytes):
             s = s.decode('utf-8')
         return s
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v1/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v1/volumes_client.py
index 9fca800a50..5d8d73b386 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v1/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v1/volumes_client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-import six
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class VolumesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
         If params is a string it will be left as it is, but if it's not it will
         be urlencoded.
         """
-        if isinstance(params, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(params, str):
             return params
         return urllib.urlencode(params)
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
index 147a79b224..9c6fe68218 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-import six
 
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.volume import volumes as schema
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class VolumesClient(base_client.BaseClient):
         If params is a string it will be left as it is, but if it's not it will
         be urlencoded.
         """
-        if isinstance(params, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(params, str):
             return params
         return urllib.urlencode(params)
 
diff --git a/tempest/test.py b/tempest/test.py
index 655b9a45a8..a8f2f2b092 100644
--- a/tempest/test.py
+++ b/tempest/test.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class BaseTestCase(testtools.testcase.WithAttributes,
             # This may raise an exception in case credentials are not available
             # In that case we want to let the exception through and the test
             # fail accordingly
-            if isinstance(credentials_type, six.string_types):
+            if isinstance(credentials_type, str):
                 manager = cls.get_client_manager(
                     credential_type=credentials_type)
                 setattr(cls, 'os_%s' % credentials_type, manager)
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class BaseTestCase(testtools.testcase.WithAttributes,
         """
         # Get a manager for the given credentials_type, but at least
         # always fall back on getting the manager for primary credentials
-        if isinstance(credentials_type, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(credentials_type, str):
             manager = cls.get_client_manager(credential_type=credentials_type)
         elif isinstance(credentials_type, list):
             scope = 'project'
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/test_ssh.py b/tempest/tests/lib/test_ssh.py
index 035bdb0f1f..886d99c8bd 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/test_ssh.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/test_ssh.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from io import StringIO
 import socket
 from unittest import mock
 
-import six
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.lib.common import ssh
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ class TestSshClient(base.TestCase):
 
         return chan_mock, poll_mock, select_mock, client_mock
 
-    _utf8_string = six.unichr(1071)
+    _utf8_string = chr(1071)
     _utf8_bytes = _utf8_string.encode("utf-8")
 
     @mock.patch('select.POLLIN', SELECT_POLLIN, create=True)