diff --git a/watcher/common/exception.py b/watcher/common/exception.py
index 03ffa54a2..651e595a2 100644
--- a/watcher/common/exception.py
+++ b/watcher/common/exception.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CONF.register_opts(exc_log_opts)
 
 def _cleanse_dict(original):
     """Strip all admin_password, new_pass, rescue_pass keys from a dict"""
-    return dict((k, v) for k, v in six.iteritems(original) if "_pass" not in k)
+    return dict((k, v) for k, v in original.items() if "_pass" not in k)
 
 
 class WatcherException(Exception):
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class WatcherException(Exception):
                 # kwargs doesn't match a variable in the message
                 # log the issue and the kwargs
                 LOG.exception(_LE('Exception in string format operation'))
-                for name, value in six.iteritems(kwargs):
+                for name, value in kwargs.items():
                     LOG.error("%s: %s", name, value)
 
                 if CONF.fatal_exception_format_errors:
diff --git a/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/api/infra_optim/admin/test_audit_template.py b/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/api/infra_optim/admin/test_audit_template.py
index 00920998a..c74e03c17 100644
--- a/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/api/infra_optim/admin/test_audit_template.py
+++ b/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/api/infra_optim/admin/test_audit_template.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import six
 
 from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class TestAuditTemplate(base.BaseInfraOptimTest):
 
     def _assertExpected(self, expected, actual):
         # Check if not expected keys/values exists in actual response body
-        for key, value in six.iteritems(expected):
+        for key, value in expected.items():
             if key not in ('created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at'):
                 self.assertIn(key, actual)
                 self.assertEqual(value, actual[key])
diff --git a/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/services/infra_optim/base.py b/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/services/infra_optim/base.py
index 8aa056100..df533ca05 100644
--- a/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/services/infra_optim/base.py
+++ b/watcher/contrib/tempest/tempest/services/infra_optim/base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import functools
 import json
 import urllib
 
-import six
 
 from tempest.common import service_client
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ class InfraOptimClient(service_client.ServiceClient):
         """
 
         def get_change(kw, path='/'):
-            for name, value in six.iteritems(kw):
+            for name, value in kw.items():
                 if isinstance(value, dict):
                     for ch in get_change(value, path + '%s/' % name):
                         yield ch
diff --git a/watcher/objects/base.py b/watcher/objects/base.py
index 215a858b8..96e447b25 100644
--- a/watcher/objects/base.py
+++ b/watcher/objects/base.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def make_class_properties(cls):
         for name, field in supercls.fields.items():
             if name not in cls.fields:
                 cls.fields[name] = field
-    for name, typefn in six.iteritems(cls.fields):
+    for name, typefn in cls.fields.items():
 
         def getter(self, name=name):
             attrname = get_attrname(name)
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ def obj_to_primitive(obj):
         return [obj_to_primitive(x) for x in obj]
     elif isinstance(obj, WatcherObject):
         result = {}
-        for key, value in six.iteritems(obj):
+        for key, value in obj.items():
             result[key] = obj_to_primitive(value)
         return result
     else:
diff --git a/watcher/tests/api/utils.py b/watcher/tests/api/utils.py
index bf92339da..ea55eefb4 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/api/utils.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/api/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Utils for testing the API service.
 import datetime
 import json
 
-import six
 from watcher.api.controllers.v1 import action as action_ctrl
 from watcher.api.controllers.v1 import action_plan as action_plan_ctrl
 from watcher.api.controllers.v1 import audit as audit_ctrl
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ def remove_internal(values, internal):
     # NOTE(yuriyz): internal attributes should not be posted, except uuid
     int_attr = [attr.lstrip('/') for attr in internal if attr != '/uuid']
     return dict(
-        (k, v) for (k, v) in six.iteritems(values) if k not in int_attr
+        (k, v) for (k, v) in values.items() if k not in int_attr
     )
 
 
diff --git a/watcher/tests/base.py b/watcher/tests/base.py
index b82f8dee7..e6e632266 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/base.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/base.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from oslo_log import log
 from oslotest import base
 import pecan
 from pecan import testing
-import six
 import testscenarios
 
 from watcher.common import context as watcher_context
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ class TestCase(BaseTestCase):
     def config(self, **kw):
         """Override config options for a test."""
         group = kw.pop('group', None)
-        for k, v in six.iteritems(kw):
+        for k, v in kw.items():
             CONF.set_override(k, v, group, enforce_type=True)
 
     def path_get(self, project_file=None):