diff --git a/aws_lambda_builders/actions.py b/aws_lambda_builders/actions.py
index 489e0b722..547935da8 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_builders/actions.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_builders/actions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-import six
 
 from aws_lambda_builders.utils import copytree
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, class_dict):
 
         # Validate class variables
         # All classes must provide a name
-        if not isinstance(cls.NAME, six.string_types):
+        if not isinstance(cls.NAME, str):
             raise ValueError("Action must provide a valid name")
 
         if not Purpose.has_value(cls.PURPOSE):
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, class_dict):
         return cls
 
 
-class BaseAction(six.with_metaclass(_ActionMetaClass, object)):
+class BaseAction(object, metaclass=_ActionMetaClass):
     """
     Base class for all actions. It does not provide any implementation.
     """
diff --git a/aws_lambda_builders/workflow.py b/aws_lambda_builders/workflow.py
index d58f0c430..7aef1bd84 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_builders/workflow.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_builders/workflow.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import logging
 
 from collections import namedtuple
-import six
 
 from aws_lambda_builders.binary_path import BinaryPath
 from aws_lambda_builders.path_resolver import PathResolver
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, class_dict):
         # Validate class variables
 
         # All classes must provide a name
-        if not isinstance(cls.NAME, six.string_types):
+        if not isinstance(cls.NAME, str):
             raise ValueError("Workflow must provide a valid name")
 
         # All workflows must express their capabilities
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, class_dict):
         return cls
 
 
-class BaseWorkflow(six.with_metaclass(_WorkflowMetaClass, object)):
+class BaseWorkflow(object, metaclass=_WorkflowMetaClass):
     """
     Default implementation of the builder workflow. It provides several useful capabilities out-of-box that help
     minimize the scope of build actions.
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 0150babf3..8b1378917 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-six~=1.11
+
diff --git a/tests/integration/workflows/python_pip/test_python_pip.py b/tests/integration/workflows/python_pip/test_python_pip.py
index 3a0aff97e..ce6bc4aba 100644
--- a/tests/integration/workflows/python_pip/test_python_pip.py
+++ b/tests/integration/workflows/python_pip/test_python_pip.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import shutil
-import six
 import sys
 import platform
 import tempfile
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ def test_mismatch_runtime_python_project(self):
                 "Binary validation failed" not in ex_s
                 and "pip executable not found in your python environment" not in ex_s
             ):
-                six.raise_from(AssertionError("Unexpected exception"), ex)
+                raise AssertionError("Unexpected exception") from ex
 
     def test_runtime_validate_python_project_fail_open_unsupported_runtime(self):
         with self.assertRaises(WorkflowFailedError):