diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index d3d1e1e..b6636d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
             python3-pycurl \
             python3-pygments \
             python3-pyflakes \
-            python3-six \
             python3-wheel \
             rpm-build \
             tar \
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38c1205..5fbeddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 PKG-INFO
 setup.py
 version.py
+lib/ovirtsdk4/__pycache__/
diff --git a/examples/asynchronous_inventory.py b/examples/asynchronous_inventory.py
index 41cb4e5..31d9650 100755
--- a/examples/asynchronous_inventory.py
+++ b/examples/asynchronous_inventory.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+from itertools import zip_longest
 import logging
 import ovirtsdk4 as sdk
 
-from six.moves import zip_longest
 
 # This example shows how to use the asynchronous and pipelining capabilities
 # of the SDK to download from the server large amounts of data in an efficient
diff --git a/lib/ovirt_engine_sdk_python.egg-info/requires.txt b/lib/ovirt_engine_sdk_python.egg-info/requires.txt
index 17b2948..5f530ab 100644
--- a/lib/ovirt_engine_sdk_python.egg-info/requires.txt
+++ b/lib/ovirt_engine_sdk_python.egg-info/requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 pycurl>=7.19.0
-six
diff --git a/lib/ovirtsdk4/__init__.py b/lib/ovirtsdk4/__init__.py
index 2cca6d8..40fb611 100644
--- a/lib/ovirtsdk4/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ovirtsdk4/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import os
 import pycurl
 import re
-import six
 import sys
 import threading
 
@@ -764,7 +763,7 @@ def test(self, raise_exception=False):
             return True
         except Error:
             if raise_exception:
-                six.reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+                raise
             return False
         except Exception as exception:
             if raise_exception:
@@ -951,7 +950,7 @@ def __parse_error(self, error):
         elif e_code == pycurl.E_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED:
             clazz = TimeoutError
 
-        six.reraise(clazz, clazz(error_msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
+        raise clazz(error_msg).with_traceback(sys.exc_info()[2])
 
     def _get_header_value(self, headers, name):
         """
diff --git a/lib/ovirtsdk4/reader.py b/lib/ovirtsdk4/reader.py
index 7cf327d..f4719eb 100644
--- a/lib/ovirtsdk4/reader.py
+++ b/lib/ovirtsdk4/reader.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import time
 import io
 import re
-import six
 
 from ovirtsdk4 import Error
 from ovirtsdk4 import xml
@@ -304,8 +303,7 @@ def read(cls, source):
             # In Python 3 str is a list of 16 bits characters, so it
             # needs to be converted to an array of bytes, using UTF-8,
             # before trying to parse it.
-            if six.PY3:
-                source = source.encode('utf-8')
+            source = source.encode('utf-8')
             cursor = xml.XmlReader(io.BytesIO(source))
         elif isinstance(source, bytes):
             cursor = xml.XmlReader(io.BytesIO(source))
diff --git a/lib/ovirtsdk4/service.py b/lib/ovirtsdk4/service.py
index da781f4..6474724 100644
--- a/lib/ovirtsdk4/service.py
+++ b/lib/ovirtsdk4/service.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import six
-
 from ovirtsdk4 import AuthError
 from ovirtsdk4 import Error
 from ovirtsdk4 import NotFoundError
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ def _raise_error(response, detail=None):
                     msg += ' '
                 msg = msg + 'HTTP response message is "%s".' % response.message
 
-        if isinstance(detail, six.string_types):
+        if isinstance(detail, str):
             if msg:
                 msg += ' '
             msg = msg + detail + '.'
diff --git a/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4.spec.in b/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4.spec.in
index 1fc443d..d04c9cb 100644
--- a/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4.spec.in
+++ b/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4.spec.in
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3-devel
 Requires: libxml2
 Requires: python3
 Requires: python3-pycurl >= 7.43.0-6
-Requires: python3-six
 
 %description -n python3-ovirt-engine-sdk4
 This package contains the Python 3 SDK for version 4 of the oVirt Engine
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3.11-setuptools
 Requires: libxml2
 Requires: python3.11
 Requires: python3.11-pycurl >= 7.43.0-6
-Requires: python3.11-six
 
 %description -n python3.11-ovirt-engine-sdk4
 This package contains the Python 3.11 SDK for version 4 of the oVirt Engine
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3.12-setuptools
 Requires: libxml2
 Requires: python3.12
 Requires: python3.12-pycurl >= 7.43.0-6
-Requires: python3.12-six
 
 %description -n python3.12-ovirt-engine-sdk4
 This package contains the Python 3.12 SDK for version 4 of the oVirt Engine
diff --git a/setup.py.in b/setup.py.in
index 3758f1c..e7187b0 100644
--- a/setup.py.in
+++ b/setup.py.in
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import sys
 # Required packages:
 requires = [
     'pycurl >= 7.19.0',
-    'six',
 ]
 
 # Python before version 3.4 doesn't support enum types, which we need,
diff --git a/tests/test_vm_reader.py b/tests/test_vm_reader.py
index 694c859..7b766e8 100644
--- a/tests/test_vm_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_vm_reader.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import six
-
 import ovirtsdk4.types as types
 
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -33,8 +31,7 @@ def make_buffer(text):
     """
     Creates an IO object to be used for writing.
     """
-    if six.PY3:
-        text = text.encode('utf-8')
+    text = text.encode('utf-8')
     return BytesIO(text)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_xml_reader.py b/tests/test_xml_reader.py
index 34f513d..a647032 100644
--- a/tests/test_xml_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_xml_reader.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import six
-
 from io import BytesIO
 from nose.tools import *
 from ovirtsdk4.xml import XmlReader
@@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ def make_reader(text):
     """
     Creates an IO objec that reads from the given text.
     """
-    if six.PY3:
-        text = text.encode('utf-8')
+    text = text.encode('utf-8')
     return XmlReader(BytesIO(text))