diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
index 2bbdf34412d..6281140aaf8 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     'PyJWT>=2.1.0',
     'pyopenssl>=17.1.0',  # https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/pull/612
     'requests[socks]~=2.25.1',
-    'six~=1.12',
     'urllib3[secure]>=1.26.5',
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/base.py b/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/base.py
index babec2408cc..7a2786005ee 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/base.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/base.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def get_output_in_json(self):
         return self.json_value
 
     def _in_process_execute(self, cli_ctx, command, expect_failure=False):
-        from six import StringIO
+        from io import StringIO
         from vcr.errors import CannotOverwriteExistingCassetteException
 
         if command.startswith('az '):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/utilities.py b/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/utilities.py
index 91751e04382..5a173e58b70 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/utilities.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-testsdk/azure/cli/testsdk/utilities.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def find_recording_dir(test_file):
 
 @contextmanager
 def force_progress_logging():
-    from six import StringIO
+    from io import StringIO
     import logging
     from knack.log import get_logger
     from .reverse_dependency import get_commands_loggers
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acr/helm.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acr/helm.py
index 78f791d2e32..8cb42c12c26 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acr/helm.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acr/helm.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 import platform
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from knack.log import get_logger
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/custom.py
index d93b4f49ad3..82a1a770fc6 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/acs/custom.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 import zipfile
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 from math import isnan
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves.urllib.error import URLError  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+from urllib.error import URLError
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 import yaml
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/appservice/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/appservice/custom.py
index 0d6d6640d05..c42184ed0b3 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/appservice/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/appservice/custom.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 import time
 import ast
 
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urlparse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
 from binascii import hexlify
 from os import urandom
 import datetime
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 from functools import reduce
 from nacl import encoding, public
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error, ungrouped-imports
 import OpenSSL.crypto
 from fabric import Connection
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom.py
index cd6daa2edfe..936640905be 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import re
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 from knack.log import get_logger
 
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ def _run_client_script_for_windows(client_scripts):
     file_name, password = _get_script_file_name_and_password(windows_script)
 
     # Create File
-    from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
     import shutil
     with urlopen(windows_script.url) as response, open(file_name, 'wb') as out_file:
         shutil.copyfileobj(response, out_file)
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom_help.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom_help.py
index acfca4e1ed7..32122317a04 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom_help.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/backup/custom_help.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import re
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_command_type.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_command_type.py
index 789d64c9559..ce9c0ade378 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_command_type.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_command_type.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import re
-from six import string_types
 
 from knack.arguments import CLICommandArgument, IgnoreAction
 from knack.introspection import extract_full_summary_from_signature, extract_args_from_signature
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ class AzureBatchDataPlaneCommand:
     # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes, too-few-public-methods, too-many-statements
     def __init__(self, operation, command_loader, client_factory=None, validator=None, **kwargs):
 
-        if not isinstance(operation, string_types):
+        if not isinstance(operation, str):
             raise ValueError("Operation must be a string. Got '{}'".format(operation))
 
         self._flatten = kwargs.pop('flatten', pformat.FLATTEN)  # Number of object levels to flatten
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_exception_handler.py
index 4ddb0d7e804..5b5eb52f37a 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_exception_handler.py
@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@ def batch_exception_handler(ex):
     elif isinstance(ex, CloudError):
         raise CLIError(ex)
     else:
-        import sys
-        from six import reraise
-        reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+        raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_format.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_format.py
index abe90ec69ef..78ce440984f 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_format.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_format.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import unquote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 HEAD_PROPERTIES = {  # Convert response headers to properties.
     'Last-Modified': 'lastModified',
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_validators.py
index bb8296a5a34..be744f152d2 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import azure.batch.models
 from azure.cli.core.util import get_file_json
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 
 # TYPES VALIDATORS
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/custom.py
index 465486f82b4..8b260c28b33 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batch/custom.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import base64
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves import configparser
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+import configparser
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batchai/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batchai/custom.py
index 6a12a8ab81e..fa4bb29c16a 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batchai/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/batchai/custom.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from msrest.serialization import Deserializer
 from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
 from msrestazure.tools import is_valid_resource_id, parse_resource_id
-from six.moves import urllib_parse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from azure.cli.core import keys
 from azure.cli.core.util import get_default_admin_username
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def _get_account_name_from_azure_file_url(azure_file_url):
     """
     if not azure_file_url:
         raise CLIError('Azure File URL cannot absent or be empty')
-    o = urllib_parse.urlparse(azure_file_url)
+    o = urlparse(azure_file_url)
     try:
         account, _ = o.netloc.split('.', 1)
         return account
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/billing/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/billing/_exception_handler.py
index bbda25396d6..6afd230ccf7 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/billing/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/billing/_exception_handler.py
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ def billing_exception_handler(ex):
     if isinstance(ex, ErrorResponse):
         message = ex.error.error.message
         raise CLIError(message)
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_utils.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_utils.py
index a2ca68b1f0d..59abaa48f1b 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_utils.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from six.moves import configparser  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
+import configparser
 
 
 def get_default_from_config(config, section, option, choice_list, fallback=1):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/consumption/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/consumption/_exception_handler.py
index 18b717de7c7..a2f20f84c0a 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/consumption/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/consumption/_exception_handler.py
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ def consumption_exception_handler(ex):
     if isinstance(ex, ErrorResponseException):
         message = ex.message
         raise CLIError(message)
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/monitor/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/monitor/custom.py
index 698982f4eef..e04120c044e 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/monitor/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/monitor/custom.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def list_metrics(cmd, resource,
     from azure.mgmt.monitor.models import ResultType
     from datetime import datetime
     import dateutil.parser
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote_plus
+    from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
     if not start_time and not end_time:
         # if neither value provided, end_time is now
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/netappfiles/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/netappfiles/_exception_handler.py
index 7d8ac8d0cd6..be6ba0beeb9 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/netappfiles/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/netappfiles/_exception_handler.py
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ def netappfiles_exception_handler(ex):
         message = ex
         raise CLIError(message)
 
-    import sys
-
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/_params.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/_params.py
index dbe1a1b4b89..4432c668cca 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/_params.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/_params.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=line-too-long, too-many-lines
 from argcomplete.completers import FilesCompleter
 
-import six
-
 from knack.arguments import CLIArgumentType, ignore_type
 
 from azure.cli.core.commands.parameters import (get_location_type, get_resource_name_completion_list,
@@ -766,8 +764,7 @@ def load_arguments(self, _):
         c.extra('cmd')
 
     with self.argument_context('network express-route peering') as c:
-        # Using six.integer_types so we get int for Py3 and long for Py2
-        c.argument('peer_asn', help='Autonomous system number of the customer/connectivity provider.', type=six.integer_types[-1])
+        c.argument('peer_asn', help='Autonomous system number of the customer/connectivity provider.', type=int)
         c.argument('vlan_id', help='Identifier used to identify the customer.')
         c.argument('circuit_name', circuit_name_type)
         c.argument('peering_name', name_arg_type, id_part='child_name_1')
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/zone_file/make_zone_file.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/zone_file/make_zone_file.py
index d3f3594fcfb..b18a6865c7f 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/zone_file/make_zone_file.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/network/zone_file/make_zone_file.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def make_zone_file(json_obj):
     }
     """
     import azure.cli.command_modules.network.zone_file.record_processors as record_processors
-    from six import StringIO
+    from io import StringIO
 
     zone_file = StringIO()
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/policyinsights/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/policyinsights/_exception_handler.py
index 1c20fbd7252..88d281012b4 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/policyinsights/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/policyinsights/_exception_handler.py
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ def policy_insights_exception_handler(ex):
     if isinstance(ex, QueryFailure):
         message = '({}) {}'.format(ex.error.error.code, ex.error.error.message)
         raise CLIError(message)
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/rdbms/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/rdbms/custom.py
index ef17d2e26c8..a5487d3a937 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/rdbms/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/rdbms/custom.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from msrestazure.tools import resource_id, is_valid_resource_id, parse_resource_id  # pylint: disable=import-error
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import todict
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlretrieve  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
 from azure.cli.core._profile import Profile
 from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/reservations/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/reservations/_exception_handler.py
index 54355620599..219cf4964e1 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/reservations/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/reservations/_exception_handler.py
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ def reservations_exception_handler(ex):
     if isinstance(ex, Error):
         message = ex.error.error.message
         raise CLIError(message)
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
index d60d0299a1a..b4ccf41299d 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import requests
 import semver
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from azure.cli.core.api import get_config_dir
 from azure.cli.core.azclierror import (
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_exception_handler.py
index 46a48e5be8e..67957a57c1b 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_exception_handler.py
@@ -12,6 +12,4 @@ def managementgroups_exception_handler(ex):
         if ex.error.error:
             raise CLIError(ex.error.error)
         raise CLIError(ex.error)
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
index caff916a317..ad29abf7014 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 import uuid
 import base64
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from msrestazure.tools import is_valid_resource_id, parse_resource_id
 
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ def _build_preflight_error_message(preflight_error):
 
 
 def _prepare_template_uri_with_query_string(template_uri, input_query_string):
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qs, urlsplit, urlunsplit  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qs, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
     try:
         scheme, netloc, path, query_string, fragment = urlsplit(template_uri)  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
index 9b49e950355..4fd502fc76e 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import pathname2url  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import pathname2url
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from unittest import mock
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
index 7aa167ff625..2536cb57466 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 import os.path
 from unittest import mock
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure.cli.command_modules.resource._validators import (
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
index 5d171e8b2f8..fef766695cd 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_custom.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import pathname2url  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.request import pathname2url
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from unittest import mock
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
index 7aa167ff625..2536cb57466 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_resource_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 import os.path
 from unittest import mock
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure.cli.command_modules.resource._validators import (
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_custom.py
index 1baa1005261..ebbf2504a9a 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_custom.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-from six.moves.urllib.request import pathname2url  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin  # pylint: disable=import-error
-from six import assertRaisesRegex
+from urllib.request import pathname2url
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ def test_resource_missing_parameters_no_tty(self):
         def prompt_function(x):
             from knack.prompting import NoTTYException
             raise NoTTYException
-        with assertRaisesRegex(self, CLIError, "Missing input parameters: missing"):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(CLIError, "Missing input parameters: missing"):
             _get_missing_parameters(parameters, template, prompt_function)
 
     def test_deployment_parameters(self):
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_validators.py
index 7aa167ff625..2536cb57466 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 import os.path
 from unittest import mock
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure.cli.command_modules.resource._validators import (
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/custom.py
index 27b02859d6f..402ef470af4 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/sql/custom.py
@@ -655,8 +655,6 @@ def _get_managed_db_resource_id(cli_ctx, resource_group_name, managed_instance_n
     '''
     Gets the Managed db resource id in this Azure environment.
     '''
-
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
     from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
     from msrestazure.tools import resource_id
 
@@ -699,8 +697,7 @@ def _get_managed_dropped_db_resource_id(
     Gets the Managed db resource id in this Azure environment.
     '''
 
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import quote
     from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
     from msrestazure.tools import resource_id
 
@@ -829,8 +826,7 @@ def __init__(self, cli_ctx, database_name, server_name, resource_group_name):
         self.cli_ctx = cli_ctx
 
     def id(self):
-        # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-        from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+        from urllib.parse import quote
         from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
 
         return '/subscriptions/{}/resourceGroups/{}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{}/databases/{}'.format(
@@ -1655,8 +1651,7 @@ def _get_storage_account_name(storage_endpoint):
     Determines storage account name from endpoint url string.
     e.g. 'https://mystorage.blob.core.windows.net' -> 'mystorage'
     '''
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
     return urlparse(storage_endpoint).netloc.split('.')[0]
 
@@ -3912,8 +3907,7 @@ def server_dns_alias_set(
     '''
     Sets a server DNS alias.
     '''
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import quote
     from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
 
     # Build the old alias id
@@ -5135,7 +5129,7 @@ def failover_group_create(
     Creates a failover group.
     '''
 
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import quote
     from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
 
     # Build the partner server id
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_exception_handler.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_exception_handler.py
index 7380013a464..4d4a19c5ee7 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_exception_handler.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_exception_handler.py
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ def file_related_exception_handler(ex):
         raise FileOperationError(ex, recommendation='File is expected, not a directory.')
     if isinstance(ex, NotADirectoryError):
         raise FileOperationError(ex, recommendation='Directory is expected, not a file.')
-    import sys
-    from six import reraise
-    reraise(*sys.exc_info())
+    raise ex
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params.py
index 70bd5d0a4cc..beff4d56bb7 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 def load_arguments(self, _):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-statements, too-many-lines, too-many-branches, line-too-long
     from argcomplete.completers import FilesCompleter
-    from six import u as unicode_string
 
     from knack.arguments import ignore_type, CLIArgumentType
 
@@ -1713,7 +1712,7 @@ def load_arguments(self, _):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-statem
     with self.argument_context('storage message') as c:
         c.argument('queue_name', queue_name_type)
         c.argument('message_id', options_list='--id')
-        c.argument('content', type=unicode_string, help='Message content, up to 64KB in size.')
+        c.argument('content', type=str, help='Message content, up to 64KB in size.')
 
     with self.argument_context('storage remove') as c:
         from .completers import file_path_completer
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params_azure_stack.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params_azure_stack.py
index 755a889cf8f..6ee8592160d 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params_azure_stack.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params_azure_stack.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 def load_arguments(self, _):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-statements, too-many-lines
     from argcomplete.completers import FilesCompleter
-    from six import u as unicode_string
 
     from knack.arguments import ignore_type, CLIArgumentType
 
@@ -1062,7 +1061,7 @@ def load_arguments(self, _):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-statem
     with self.argument_context('storage message') as c:
         c.argument('queue_name', queue_name_type)
         c.argument('message_id', options_list='--id')
-        c.argument('content', type=unicode_string, help='Message content, up to 64KB in size.')
+        c.argument('content', type=str, help='Message content, up to 64KB in size.')
 
     with self.argument_context('storage remove') as c:
         from .completers import file_path_completer
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/azcopy/util.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/azcopy/util.py
index ca8c741564c..bccd7f16d49 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/azcopy/util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/azcopy/util.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 import sys
 import zipfile
 import stat
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.request import urlopen
 from azure.cli.core._profile import Profile
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import CLIError
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/storage_url_helpers.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/storage_url_helpers.py
index 94a357c4753..8cf7c4f0fe7 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/storage_url_helpers.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/storage_url_helpers.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def __init__(self, cloud, moniker):
         self.snapshot = None
         self.sas_token = None
 
-        from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+        from urllib.parse import urlparse
         url = urlparse(moniker)
 
         self._is_url = (url.scheme == 'http' or url.scheme == 'https')
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_storage_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
index 91c578a084d..b1303d9c5bb 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from argparse import Namespace
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack import CLI
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_storage_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
index c2442e70e83..ca9b01bb512 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_storage_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from argparse import Namespace
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack import CLI
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_storage_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_storage_validators.py
index c2442e70e83..ca9b01bb512 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_storage_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_storage_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from argparse import Namespace
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack import CLI
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/latest/test_storage_validators.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/latest/test_storage_validators.py
index 192b17749f1..f395e15a5a6 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/latest/test_storage_validators.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/tests/latest/test_storage_validators.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from argparse import (Namespace, ArgumentError)
-from six import StringIO
+from io import StringIO
 
 from knack import CLI
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/track2_util.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/track2_util.py
index f8bfdb28387..081cc1005a7 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/track2_util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/track2_util.py
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ def url_quote(url):
 
 
 def encode_base64(data):
-    import six
-    if isinstance(data, six.text_type):
+    if isinstance(data, str):
         data = data.encode('utf-8')
     encoded = base64.b64encode(data)
     return encoded.decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/url_quote_util.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/url_quote_util.py
index 49f269d63ed..b51f64cb7ce 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/url_quote_util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/url_quote_util.py
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 
 def encode_for_url(url_component, safe=SAFE_CHARS):
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote as url_quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import quote as url_quote
     return url_quote(url_component, safe)
 
 
 def encode_url_path(url, safe=SAFE_CHARS):
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
     url_parts = urlparse(url)
     quoted_path = encode_for_url(url_parts.path, safe)
     return urlunparse(url_parts[:2] + (quoted_path,) + url_parts[3:])
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpool.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpool.py
index 72131821f1a..d22e3de069d 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpool.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpool.py
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ def sql_pool_show_connection_string(
 
 
 def _construct_database_resource_id(cli_ctx, resource_group_name, server_name, database_name):
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import quote
     from azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory import get_subscription_id
 
     return '/subscriptions/{}/resourceGroups/{}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{}/databases/{}'.format(
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpoolblobauditingpolicy.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpoolblobauditingpolicy.py
index 6767d700ef2..c1c293b4256 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpoolblobauditingpolicy.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/synapse/operations/sqlpoolblobauditingpolicy.py
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ def _get_storage_account_name(storage_endpoint):
     Determines storage account name from endpoint url string.
     e.g. 'https://mystorage.blob.core.windows.net' -> 'mystorage'
     """
-    # url parse package has different names in Python 2 and 3. 'six' package works cross-version.
-    from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
     return urlparse(storage_endpoint).netloc.split('.')[0]
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/custom.py
index eb964b4eec6..ea405b032ed 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/custom.py
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@
 
 import requests
 
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urlparse import urlparse  # pylint: disable=import-error
-
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 # the urlopen is imported for automation purpose
-from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen  # noqa, pylint: disable=import-error,unused-import,ungrouped-imports
+from urllib.request import urlopen  # noqa, pylint: disable=import-error,unused-import,ungrouped-imports
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import CLIError
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_commands.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
index 160bf852ac5..8d0ab823002 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2018_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import uuid
 
-import six
-
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure_devtools.scenario_tests import AllowLargeResponse, record_only
 from azure.cli.core.profiles import ResourceType
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_commands.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
index 67501a2b658..a3e16fec066 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2019_03_01/test_vm_commands.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import uuid
 
-import six
-
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure_devtools.scenario_tests import AllowLargeResponse, record_only
 from azure.cli.core.profiles import ResourceType
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_commands.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_commands.py
index 95a83b5cb2a..64ec4d196d5 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_commands.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/vm/tests/hybrid_2020_09_01/test_vm_commands.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from unittest import mock
 import uuid
 
-import six
-
 from knack.util import CLIError
 from azure_devtools.scenario_tests import AllowLargeResponse, record_only
 from azure.cli.core.profiles import ResourceType
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/setup.py b/src/azure-cli/setup.py
index 38fc4d1e602..729744096f2 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/setup.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/setup.py
@@ -117,12 +117,11 @@
     'azure-mgmt-relay~=0.1.0',
     'azure-mgmt-reservations==0.6.0',  # TODO: Use requirements.txt instead of '==' #9781
     'azure-mgmt-resource==19.0.0',
-    # 'azure-mgmt-reservations~=0.6.0',
     'azure-mgmt-search~=8.0',
     'azure-mgmt-security~=2.0.0b1',
     'azure-mgmt-servicebus~=6.0.0',
-    'azure-mgmt-servicefabric~=1.0.0',
     'azure-mgmt-servicefabricmanagedclusters~=1.0.0',
+    'azure-mgmt-servicefabric~=1.0.0',
     'azure-mgmt-signalr~=1.0.0b2',
     'azure-mgmt-sqlvirtualmachine~=1.0.0b1',
     'azure-mgmt-sql~=3.0.1',
@@ -134,8 +133,9 @@
     'azure-storage-common~=1.4',
     'azure-synapse-accesscontrol~=0.5.0',
     'azure-synapse-artifacts~=0.8.0',
-    'azure-synapse-spark~=0.2.0',
     'azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints~=0.3.0',
+    'azure-synapse-spark~=0.2.0',
+    'chardet~=3.0.4',
     'fabric~=2.4',
     'javaproperties~=0.5.1',
     'jsondiff~=1.2.0',
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@
     'pytz==2019.1',
     'scp~=0.13.2',
     'semver==2.13.0',
+    'six>=1.10.0',  # six is still used by countless extensions
     'sshtunnel~=0.1.4',
     'websocket-client~=0.56.0',
-    'xmltodict~=0.12',
-    'chardet~=3.0.4'
+    'xmltodict~=0.12'
 ]
 
 # On Linux, the distribution (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) and version are checked
diff --git a/tools/setup.py b/tools/setup.py
index 85ac561c291..2ff39761abe 100644
--- a/tools/setup.py
+++ b/tools/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     'requests',
     'pyyaml~=5.2',
     'knack',
-    'six>=1.10.0',
     'tabulate>=0.7.7',
     'colorama>=0.3.7'
 ]
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@
         ]
     },
     install_requires=DEPENDENCIES,
-    extras_require={ 
+    extras_require={
         ":python_version<'3.0'": ['pylint==1.9.2'],
         ":python_version>='3.0'": ['pylint==2.0.0']
     }