Remove Python 2 compat (via six) from unit tests

39 files changed, 111 insertions, 168 deletions

diff --git a/test/units/config/test_manager.py b/test/units/config/test_manager.py
index 5a96da45ad..56ce4f0d56 100644
--- a/test/units/config/test_manager.py
+++ b/test/units/config/test_manager.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import pytest
 
 from ansible.config.manager import ConfigManager, ensure_type, resolve_path, get_config_type
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleError
-from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types, string_types
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
 
 curdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
@@ -39,28 +38,28 @@ ensure_test_data = [
     (0, 'bool', bool),
     (0.0, 'bool', bool),
     (False, 'bool', bool),
-    ('10', 'int', integer_types),
-    (20, 'int', integer_types),
+    ('10', 'int', int),
+    (20, 'int', int),
     ('0.10', 'float', float),
     (0.2, 'float', float),
     ('/tmp/test.yml', 'pathspec', list),
     ('/tmp/test.yml,/home/test2.yml', 'pathlist', list),
-    ('a', 'str', string_types),
-    ('a', 'string', string_types),
-    ('Café', 'string', string_types),
-    ('', 'string', string_types),
-    ('29', 'str', string_types),
-    ('13.37', 'str', string_types),
-    ('123j', 'string', string_types),
-    ('0x123', 'string', string_types),
-    ('true', 'string', string_types),
-    ('True', 'string', string_types),
-    (0, 'str', string_types),
-    (29, 'str', string_types),
-    (13.37, 'str', string_types),
-    (123j, 'string', string_types),
-    (0x123, 'string', string_types),
-    (True, 'string', string_types),
+    ('a', 'str', str),
+    ('a', 'string', str),
+    ('Café', 'string', str),
+    ('', 'string', str),
+    ('29', 'str', str),
+    ('13.37', 'str', str),
+    ('123j', 'string', str),
+    ('0x123', 'string', str),
+    ('true', 'string', str),
+    ('True', 'string', str),
+    (0, 'str', str),
+    (29, 'str', str),
+    (13.37, 'str', str),
+    (123j, 'string', str),
+    (0x123, 'string', str),
+    (True, 'string', str),
     ('None', 'none', type(None))
 ]
 
diff --git a/test/units/executor/test_task_executor.py b/test/units/executor/test_task_executor.py
index c9922430d2..f562bfa525 100644
--- a/test/units/executor/test_task_executor.py
+++ b/test/units/executor/test_task_executor.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from ansible.executor.task_executor import TaskExecutor, remove_omit
 from ansible.plugins.loader import action_loader, lookup_loader
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleUnicode
 from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import AnsibleUnsafeText, AnsibleUnsafeBytes
-from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 from units.mock.loader import DictDataLoader
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@ class TestTaskExecutor(unittest.TestCase):
         data = res['results'][0]
         self.assertIsInstance(data['unsafe_bytes'], AnsibleUnsafeText)
         self.assertIsInstance(data['unsafe_text'], AnsibleUnsafeText)
-        self.assertIsInstance(data['bytes'], text_type)
-        self.assertIsInstance(data['text'], text_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(data['bytes'], str)
+        self.assertIsInstance(data['text'], str)
         self.assertIsInstance(data['int'], int)
 
     def test_task_executor_get_loop_items(self):
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_api.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_api.py
index b94bbb1f25..a6c62328cc 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_api.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_api.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from ansible.galaxy import api as galaxy_api
 from ansible.galaxy.api import CollectionVersionMetadata, GalaxyAPI, GalaxyError
 from ansible.galaxy.token import BasicAuthToken, GalaxyToken, KeycloakToken
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib import error as urllib_error
+import urllib.error
 from ansible.utils import context_objects as co
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ def test_initialise_automation_hub(monkeypatch):
 def test_initialise_unknown(monkeypatch):
     mock_open = MagicMock()
     mock_open.side_effect = [
-        urllib_error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/', 500, 'msg', {}, StringIO(u'{"msg":"raw error"}')),
-        urllib_error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/api/', 500, 'msg', {}, StringIO(u'{"msg":"raw error"}')),
+        urllib.error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/', 500, 'msg', {}, StringIO(u'{"msg":"raw error"}')),
+        urllib.error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/api/', 500, 'msg', {}, StringIO(u'{"msg":"raw error"}')),
     ]
     monkeypatch.setattr(galaxy_api, 'open_url', mock_open)
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def test_publish_failure(api_version, collection_url, response, expected, collec
     expected_url = '%s/api/%s/%s' % (api.api_server, api_version, collection_url)
 
     mock_open = MagicMock()
-    mock_open.side_effect = urllib_error.HTTPError(expected_url, 500, 'msg', {},
+    mock_open.side_effect = urllib.error.HTTPError(expected_url, 500, 'msg', {},
                                                    StringIO(to_text(json.dumps(response))))
     monkeypatch.setattr(galaxy_api, 'open_url', mock_open)
 
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ def test_cache_flaky_pagination(cache_dir, monkeypatch):
         side_effect=[
             StringIO(to_text(json.dumps(responses[0]))),
             StringIO(to_text(json.dumps(responses[1]))),
-            urllib_error.HTTPError(responses[1]['next'], 500, 'Error', {}, StringIO()),
+            urllib.error.HTTPError(responses[1]['next'], 500, 'Error', {}, StringIO()),
             StringIO(to_text(json.dumps(responses[3]))),
         ]
     )
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
index 3030d7b701..8dc109fffc 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from ansible.cli.galaxy import GalaxyCLI
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.galaxy import api, collection, token
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 from ansible.utils import context_objects as co
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.hashing import secure_hash_s
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection_install.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection_install.py
index 9ab0f1a94b..1a126d6a79 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection_install.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection_install.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import yaml
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error as urllib_error
+import urllib.error
 
 from ansible import context
 from ansible.cli.galaxy import GalaxyCLI
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def test_build_requirement_from_name_missing(galaxy_server, monkeypatch, tmp_pat
 
 def test_build_requirement_from_name_401_unauthorized(galaxy_server, monkeypatch, tmp_path_factory):
     mock_open = MagicMock()
-    mock_open.side_effect = api.GalaxyError(urllib_error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.server.com', 401, 'msg', {},
+    mock_open.side_effect = api.GalaxyError(urllib.error.HTTPError('https://galaxy.server.com', 401, 'msg', {},
                                                                    StringIO()), "error")
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(galaxy_server, 'get_collection_versions', mock_open)
diff --git a/test/units/inventory/test_host.py b/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
index 5d4ddc3b01..34eaaab30a 100644
--- a/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
+++ b/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import unittest
 
 from ansible.inventory.group import Group
 from ansible.inventory.host import Host
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 
 
 class TestHost(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class TestHost(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_repr(self):
         host_repr = repr(self.hostA)
-        self.assertIsInstance(host_repr, string_types)
+        self.assertIsInstance(host_repr, str)
 
     def test_add_group(self):
         group = Group('some_group')
diff --git a/test/units/mock/procenv.py b/test/units/mock/procenv.py
index 4d0b5e1250..f82f4354d8 100644
--- a/test/units/mock/procenv.py
+++ b/test/units/mock/procenv.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import json
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 import unittest
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 
 
@@ -36,11 +35,8 @@ def swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data='', argv_data=tuple()):
     real_stdin = sys.stdin
     real_argv = sys.argv
 
-    if PY3:
-        fake_stream = StringIO(stdin_data)
-        fake_stream.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
-    else:
-        fake_stream = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
+    fake_stream = StringIO(stdin_data)
+    fake_stream.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
 
     try:
         sys.stdin = fake_stream
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
index e651ad6e2a..f75883a44b 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils import basic
 from ansible.module_utils.api import basic_auth_argument_spec, rate_limit_argument_spec, retry_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils.common import warnings
 from ansible.module_utils.common.warnings import get_deprecation_messages, get_warning_messages
-from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types, string_types
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 
 MOCK_VALIDATOR_FAIL = MagicMock(side_effect=TypeError("bad conversion"))
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ def test_validator_basic_types(argspec, expected, stdin):
 
     if 'type' in argspec['arg']:
         if argspec['arg']['type'] == 'int':
-            type_ = integer_types
+            type_ = int
         else:
             type_ = getattr(builtins, argspec['arg']['type'])
     else:
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ def test_validator_function(mocker, stdin):
     argspec = {'arg': {'type': MOCK_VALIDATOR_SUCCESS}}
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(argspec)
 
-    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], integer_types)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], int)
     assert am.params['arg'] == 27
 
 
@@ -243,9 +242,9 @@ def test_validate_basic_auth_arg(mocker, stdin):
         argument_spec=basic_auth_argument_spec()
     )
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(**kwargs)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['api_username'], string_types)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['api_password'], string_types)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['api_url'], string_types)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['api_username'], str)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['api_password'], str)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['api_url'], str)
     assert isinstance(am.params['validate_certs'], bool)
 
 
@@ -255,8 +254,8 @@ def test_validate_rate_limit_argument_spec(mocker, stdin):
         argument_spec=rate_limit_argument_spec()
     )
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(**kwargs)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['rate'], integer_types)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['rate_limit'], integer_types)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['rate'], int)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['rate_limit'], int)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('stdin', RETRY_VALID_ARGS, indirect=['stdin'])
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ def test_validate_retry_argument_spec(mocker, stdin):
         argument_spec=retry_argument_spec()
     )
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(**kwargs)
-    assert isinstance(am.params['retries'], integer_types)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['retries'], int)
     assert isinstance(am.params['retry_pause'], float)
 
 
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ def test_validator_string_type(mocker, stdin):
     argspec = {'arg': {'type': str}}
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(argspec)
 
-    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], string_types)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], str)
     assert am.params['arg'] == '123'
 
 
@@ -416,8 +415,8 @@ class TestComplexArgSpecs:
         """Test choices with list"""
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(**complex_argspec)
         assert isinstance(am.params['bar_str'], list)
-        assert isinstance(am.params['bar_str'][0], string_types)
-        assert isinstance(am.params['bar_str'][1], string_types)
+        assert isinstance(am.params['bar_str'][0], str)
+        assert isinstance(am.params['bar_str'][1], str)
         assert am.params['bar_str'][0] == '867'
         assert am.params['bar_str'][1] == '5309'
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_dict_converters.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_dict_converters.py
index b4d6755f3c..2c32f48654 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_dict_converters.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_dict_converters.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from units.mock.procenv import ModuleTestCase
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 realimport = builtins.__import__
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_filesystem.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_filesystem.py
index 109ba62398..45d3dbcc9b 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_filesystem.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_filesystem.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from units.mock.procenv import ModuleTestCase
 
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 realimport = builtins.__import__
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_module_path.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_module_path.py
index 5ba40c4095..4b8fb780a5 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_module_path.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_module_path.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from units.mock.procenv import ModuleTestCase
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 realimport = builtins.__import__
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_imports.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_imports.py
index 282a8d45f4..2e12296912 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_imports.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_imports.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import sys
 from units.mock.procenv import ModuleTestCase
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 realimport = builtins.__import__
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
index bd0bfbe31c..4d8674d5ce 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from itertools import product
 import pytest
 
 import ansible.module_utils.basic
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 
 
 class TestAnsibleModuleLogSmokeTest:
@@ -54,15 +53,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSmokeTest:
 class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog:
     """Test the AnsibleModule Log Method"""
 
-    PY2_OUTPUT_DATA = [
-        (u'Text string', b'Text string'),
-        (u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test', u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8')),
-        (b'Byte string', b'Byte string'),
-        (u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8'), u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'.encode('utf-8')),
-        (b'non-utf8 :\xff: test', b'non-utf8 :\xff: test'.decode('utf-8', 'replace').encode('utf-8')),
-    ]
-
-    PY3_OUTPUT_DATA = [
+    OUTPUT_DATA = [
         (u'Text string', u'Text string'),
         (u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test', u'Toshio くらとみ non-ascii test'),
         (b'Byte string', u'Byte string'),
@@ -70,8 +61,6 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog:
         (b'non-utf8 :\xff: test', b'non-utf8 :\xff: test'.decode('utf-8', 'replace')),
     ]
 
-    OUTPUT_DATA = PY3_OUTPUT_DATA if PY3 else PY2_OUTPUT_DATA
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('no_log, stdin', (product((True, False), [{}])), indirect=['stdin'])
     def test_no_log(self, am, mocker, no_log):
         """Test that when no_log is set, logging does not occur"""
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_platform_distribution.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_platform_distribution.py
index 00c0e49692..4ddb2f80be 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_platform_distribution.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_platform_distribution.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 # Functions being tested
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_platform
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_run_command.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_run_command.py
index 707d5c95e2..56c681aac2 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_run_command.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_run_command.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import pytest
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 
 
 class OpenBytesIO(BytesIO):
@@ -267,10 +266,5 @@ def test_run_command_fds(mocker, rc_am):
     except SystemExit:
         pass
 
-    if PY2:
-        assert subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]['close_fds'] is False
-        assert 'pass_fds' not in subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]
-
-    else:
-        assert subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]['pass_fds'] == (101, 42)
-        assert subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]['close_fds'] is True
+    assert subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]['pass_fds'] == (101, 42)
+    assert subprocess_mock.Popen.call_args[1]['close_fds'] is True
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_selinux.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_selinux.py
index 1851616b3e..7d9e9bbc3a 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_selinux.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_selinux.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from unittest.mock import mock_open, patch
 
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/arg_spec/test_validate_invalid.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/arg_spec/test_validate_invalid.py
index 5fcb61ab7f..2e905849c4 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/arg_spec/test_validate_invalid.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/arg_spec/test_validate_invalid.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import pytest
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.arg_spec import ArgumentSpecValidator, ValidationResult
 from ansible.module_utils.errors import AnsibleValidationErrorMultiple
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 
 
 # Each item is id, argument_spec, parameters, expected, unsupported parameters, error test string
@@ -123,9 +122,6 @@ def test_invalid_spec(arg_spec, parameters, expected, unsupported, error):
     with pytest.raises(AnsibleValidationErrorMultiple) as exc_info:
         raise result.errors
 
-    if PY2:
-        error = error.replace('class', 'type')
-
     assert isinstance(result, ValidationResult)
     assert error in exc_info.value.msg
     assert error in result.error_messages[0]
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/test_collections.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/test_collections.py
index 5485fdf6b9..93cf3245ba 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/test_collections.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/test_collections.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import pytest
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.collections_abc import Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import ImmutableDict, is_iterable, is_sequence
 
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/test_sys_info.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/test_sys_info.py
index 1878fafb8e..4a0c3ef5d0 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/test_sys_info.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/test_sys_info.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 # Functions being tested
 from ansible.module_utils.common.sys_info import get_distribution
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
index b3919cb402..4c2f63ae5e 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/text/converters/test_to_str.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import itertools
 
 import pytest
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
-
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text, to_bytes, to_native
 
 
@@ -42,8 +40,8 @@ def test_to_bytes(in_string, encoding, expected):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('in_string, encoding, expected',
-                         itertools.chain(((d[0], d[2], d[1] if PY3 else d[0]) for d in VALID_STRINGS),
-                                         ((d[1], d[2], d[1] if PY3 else d[0]) for d in VALID_STRINGS)))
+                         itertools.chain(((d[0], d[2], d[1]) for d in VALID_STRINGS),
+                                         ((d[1], d[2], d[1]) for d in VALID_STRINGS)))
 def test_to_native(in_string, encoding, expected):
     """test happy path of encoding to native strings"""
     assert to_native(in_string, encoding) == expected
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_deprecate.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_deprecate.py
index f91b726781..4ccf4f1ebd 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_deprecate.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_deprecate.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import pytest
 from ansible.module_utils.common import warnings
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.warnings import deprecate, get_deprecation_messages
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ def test_get_deprecation_messages(deprecation_messages, reset):
         {'k1': 'v1'},
         (1, 2),
         6.62607004,
-        b'bytestr' if PY3 else None,
+        b'bytestr',
         None,
     )
 )
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_warn.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_warn.py
index 85998b8419..ebb21c4ecf 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_warn.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/warnings/test_warn.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import pytest
 from ansible.module_utils.common import warnings
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.warnings import warn, get_warning_messages
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ def test_get_warning_messages(warning_messages):
         {'k1': 'v1'},
         (1, 2),
         6.62607004,
-        b'bytestr' if PY3 else None,
+        b'bytestr',
         None,
     )
 )
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py b/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py
index 4ee8eda804..5bcb8f710b 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py
@@ -3,17 +3,12 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import datetime
 
 from ansible.module_utils.compat.datetime import utcnow, utcfromtimestamp, UTC
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 
 
 def test_utc():
     assert UTC.tzname(None) == 'UTC'
     assert UTC.utcoffset(None) == datetime.timedelta(0)
-
-    if PY3:
-        assert UTC.dst(None) is None
-    else:
-        assert UTC.dst(None) == datetime.timedelta(0)
+    assert UTC.dst(None) is None
 
 
 def test_utcnow():
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/conftest.py b/test/units/module_utils/conftest.py
index de4af0b3f4..41921f12e2 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/conftest.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/conftest.py
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import pytest
 
 import ansible.module_utils.basic
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.collections_abc import MutableMapping
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def stdin(mocker, request):
     old_argv = sys.argv
     sys.argv = ['ansible_unittest']
 
-    if isinstance(request.param, string_types):
+    if isinstance(request.param, str):
         args = request.param
     elif isinstance(request.param, MutableMapping):
         if 'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS' not in request.param:
@@ -36,11 +35,9 @@ def stdin(mocker, request):
         raise Exception('Malformed data to the stdin pytest fixture')
 
     fake_stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args, errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
-    if PY3:
-        mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.sys.stdin', mocker.MagicMock())
-        mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.sys.stdin.buffer', fake_stdin)
-    else:
-        mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.sys.stdin', fake_stdin)
+
+    mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.sys.stdin', mocker.MagicMock())
+    mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.basic.sys.stdin.buffer', fake_stdin)
 
     yield fake_stdin
 
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/distribution/test_distribution_version.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/distribution/test_distribution_version.py
index eba5218c7d..5ba5f8a50e 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/distribution/test_distribution_version.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/distribution/test_distribution_version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os
 import pytest
 from itertools import product
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 
 # the module we are actually testing (sort of)
 from ansible.module_utils.facts.system.distribution import DistributionFactCollector
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py b/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
index a0d3b431b1..55a40f5a5c 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/test_distro.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from ansible.module_utils import distro
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 
 
 # Generic test case with minimal assertions about specific returned values.
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class TestDistro():
 
     def test_id(self):
         id = distro.id()
-        assert isinstance(id, string_types), 'distro.id() returned %s (%s) which is not a string' % (id, type(id))
+        assert isinstance(id, str), 'distro.id() returned %s (%s) which is not a string' % (id, type(id))
 
     def test_opensuse_leap_id(self):
         name = distro.name()
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/test_text.py b/test/units/module_utils/test_text.py
index a32e2a98ff..90269ff99c 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/test_text.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/test_text.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import codecs
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, text_type, binary_type
 
 
 def test_exports():
@@ -12,9 +11,9 @@ def test_exports():
     from ansible.module_utils import _text
 
     assert _text.codecs == codecs
-    assert _text.PY3 == PY3
-    assert _text.text_type == text_type
-    assert _text.binary_type == binary_type
+    assert _text.PY3 is True
+    assert _text.text_type is str
+    assert _text.binary_type is bytes
     assert _text.to_bytes == to_bytes
     assert _text.to_native == to_native
     assert _text.to_text == to_text
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/urls/test_generic_urlparse.py b/test/units/module_utils/urls/test_generic_urlparse.py
index b6593279bb..67d4ef79b2 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/urls/test_generic_urlparse.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/urls/test_generic_urlparse.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import generic_urlparse
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 
 def test_generic_urlparse():
diff --git a/test/units/modules/test_hostname.py b/test/units/modules/test_hostname.py
index ff5f789aa2..20b8336597 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/test_hostname.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/test_hostname.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, mock_open
 from ansible.module_utils.common._utils import get_all_subclasses
 from ansible.modules import hostname
 from units.modules.utils import ModuleTestCase, set_module_args
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 
 
 class TestHostname(ModuleTestCase):
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ class TestHostname(ModuleTestCase):
 
             m = mock_open()
             builtins = 'builtins'
-            if PY2:
-                builtins = '__builtin__'
             with patch('%s.open' % builtins, m):
                 instance.get_permanent_hostname()
                 instance.get_current_hostname()
diff --git a/test/units/modules/test_service.py b/test/units/modules/test_service.py
index 9e71186316..684645ee23 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/test_service.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/test_service.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import platform
 import pytest
 from ansible.modules import service
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2
 from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
 
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ def mocker_sunos_service(mocker):
     # Read a mocked /etc/release file
     mocked_etc_release_data = mocker.mock_open(
         read_data=" Oracle Solaris 12.0")
-    builtin_open = "__builtin__.open" if PY2 else "builtins.open"
+    builtin_open = "builtins.open"
     mocker.patch(builtin_open, mocked_etc_release_data)
 
     service_status = mocker.patch.object(
diff --git a/test/units/parsing/vault/test_vault.py b/test/units/parsing/vault/test_vault.py
index 56fb332375..982ae82c40 100644
--- a/test/units/parsing/vault/test_vault.py
+++ b/test/units/parsing/vault/test_vault.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 from ansible import errors
-from ansible.module_utils import six
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.parsing import vault
 
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ class TestVaultCipherAes256(unittest.TestCase):
         b_password = b'hunter42'
         b_salt = os.urandom(32)
         b_key_cryptography = self.vault_cipher._create_key_cryptography(b_password, b_salt, key_length=32, iv_length=16)
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_cryptography, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_cryptography, bytes)
 
     def test_create_key_known_cryptography(self):
         b_password = b'hunter42'
@@ -513,13 +512,13 @@ class TestVaultCipherAes256(unittest.TestCase):
         # A fixed salt
         b_salt = b'q' * 32  # q is the most random letter.
         b_key_1 = self.vault_cipher._create_key_cryptography(b_password, b_salt, key_length=32, iv_length=16)
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_1, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_1, bytes)
 
         # verify we get the same answer
         # we could potentially run a few iterations of this and time it to see if it's roughly constant time
         #  and or that it exceeds some minimal time, but that would likely cause unreliable fails, esp in CI
         b_key_2 = self.vault_cipher._create_key_cryptography(b_password, b_salt, key_length=32, iv_length=16)
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_2, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_key_2, bytes)
         self.assertEqual(b_key_1, b_key_2)
 
     def test_is_equal_is_equal(self):
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ class TestVaultLib(unittest.TestCase):
         plaintext = u'Some text to encrypt in a café'
         b_vaulttext = self.v.encrypt(plaintext)
 
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, bytes)
 
         b_header = b'$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256\n'
         self.assertEqual(b_vaulttext[:len(b_header)], b_header)
@@ -619,7 +618,7 @@ class TestVaultLib(unittest.TestCase):
         plaintext = u'Some text to encrypt in a café'
         b_vaulttext = self.v.encrypt(plaintext, vault_id='test_id')
 
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, bytes)
 
         b_header = b'$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.2;AES256;test_id\n'
         self.assertEqual(b_vaulttext[:len(b_header)], b_header)
@@ -629,7 +628,7 @@ class TestVaultLib(unittest.TestCase):
         plaintext = to_bytes(u'Some text to encrypt in a café')
         b_vaulttext = self.v.encrypt(plaintext)
 
-        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, six.binary_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(b_vaulttext, bytes)
 
         b_header = b'$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256\n'
         self.assertEqual(b_vaulttext[:len(b_header)], b_header)
diff --git a/test/units/parsing/yaml/test_loader.py b/test/units/parsing/yaml/test_loader.py
index 0477a0c29c..75ad7c4af3 100644
--- a/test/units/parsing/yaml/test_loader.py
+++ b/test/units/parsing/yaml/test_loader.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from io import StringIO
 import unittest
 
 from ansible import errors
-from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type, binary_type
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.loader import AnsibleLoader
 from ansible.parsing import vault
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.objects import AnsibleVaultEncryptedUnicode
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, 'myfile.yml')
         data = loader.get_single_data()
         self.assertEqual(data, u'Ansible')
-        self.assertIsInstance(data, text_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(data, str)
 
         self.assertEqual(data.ansible_pos, ('myfile.yml', 2, 17))
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, 'myfile.yml')
         data = loader.get_single_data()
         self.assertEqual(data, u'Cafè Eñyei')
-        self.assertIsInstance(data, text_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(data, str)
 
         self.assertEqual(data.ansible_pos, ('myfile.yml', 2, 17))
 
@@ -88,8 +87,8 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         data = loader.get_single_data()
         self.assertEqual(data, {'webster': 'daniel', 'oed': 'oxford'})
         self.assertEqual(len(data), 2)
-        self.assertIsInstance(list(data.keys())[0], text_type)
-        self.assertIsInstance(list(data.values())[0], text_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(list(data.keys())[0], str)
+        self.assertIsInstance(list(data.values())[0], str)
 
         # Beginning of the first key
         self.assertEqual(data.ansible_pos, ('myfile.yml', 2, 17))
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         data = loader.get_single_data()
         self.assertEqual(data, [u'a', u'b'])
         self.assertEqual(len(data), 2)
-        self.assertIsInstance(data[0], text_type)
+        self.assertIsInstance(data[0], str)
 
         self.assertEqual(data.ansible_pos, ('myfile.yml', 2, 17))
 
@@ -353,10 +352,10 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderPlay(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def walk(self, data):
         # Make sure there's no str in the data
-        self.assertNotIsInstance(data, binary_type)
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(data, bytes)
 
         # Descend into various container types
-        if isinstance(data, text_type):
+        if isinstance(data, str):
             # strings are a sequence so we have to be explicit here
             return
         elif isinstance(data, (Sequence, Set)):
diff --git a/test/units/playbook/test_base.py b/test/units/playbook/test_base.py
index d7eeea6063..de0c7ed970 100644
--- a/test/units/playbook/test_base.py
+++ b/test/units/playbook/test_base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import unittest
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError, AnsibleAssertionError
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import FieldAttribute, NonInheritableFieldAttribute
 from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.playbook import base
@@ -334,9 +333,9 @@ class BaseSubClass(base.Base):
     test_attr_bool = FieldAttribute(isa='bool', always_post_validate=True)
     test_attr_int = FieldAttribute(isa='int', always_post_validate=True)
     test_attr_float = FieldAttribute(isa='float', default=3.14159, always_post_validate=True)
-    test_attr_list = FieldAttribute(isa='list', listof=string_types, always_post_validate=True)
+    test_attr_list = FieldAttribute(isa='list', listof=(str,), always_post_validate=True)
     test_attr_list_no_listof = FieldAttribute(isa='list', always_post_validate=True)
-    test_attr_list_required = FieldAttribute(isa='list', listof=string_types, required=True,
+    test_attr_list_required = FieldAttribute(isa='list', listof=(str,), required=True,
                                              default=list, always_post_validate=True)
     test_attr_string = FieldAttribute(isa='string', default='the_test_attr_string_default_value')
     test_attr_string_required = FieldAttribute(isa='string', required=True,
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py b/test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py
index 5f3acf2c95..7d9c2915dd 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, mock_open
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAuthenticationFailure
-from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote, builtins
+import builtins
+import shlex
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.playbook.play_context import PlayContext
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class TestActionBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # create a mock connection, so we don't actually try and connect to things
         def env_prefix(**args):
-            return ' '.join(['%s=%s' % (k, shlex_quote(text_type(v))) for k, v in args.items()])
+            return ' '.join(['%s=%s' % (k, shlex.quote(str(v))) for k, v in args.items()])
         mock_connection = MagicMock()
         mock_connection._shell.env_prefix.side_effect = env_prefix
 
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/connection/test_ssh.py b/test/units/plugins/connection/test_ssh.py
index 943778a3ac..3ea02d050f 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/connection/test_ssh.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/connection/test_ssh.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleAuthenticationFailure
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, PropertyMock
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
+import shlex
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.playbook.play_context import PlayContext
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ssh
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class TestConnectionBaseClass(unittest.TestCase):
         # Test with SCP_IF_SSH set to smart
         # Test when SFTP works
         conn.set_option('scp_if_ssh', 'smart')
-        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'put', to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
+        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'put', to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
         conn.put_file('/path/to/in/file', '/path/to/dest/file')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
 
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ class TestConnectionBaseClass(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # test with SCPP_IF_SSH disabled
         conn.set_option('scp_if_ssh', False)
-        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'put', to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
+        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'put', to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
         conn.put_file('/path/to/in/file', '/path/to/dest/file')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
 
         expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'put',
-                                      to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩')),
-                                      to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')))) + b'\n'
+                                      to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩')),
+                                      to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')))) + b'\n'
         conn.put_file(u'/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩', u'/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class TestConnectionBaseClass(unittest.TestCase):
         # Test with SCP_IF_SSH set to smart
         # Test when SFTP works
         conn.set_option('scp_if_ssh', 'smart')
-        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'get', to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
+        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'get', to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
         conn.set_options({})
         conn.fetch_file('/path/to/in/file', '/path/to/dest/file')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ class TestConnectionBaseClass(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # test with SCP_IF_SSH disabled
         conn.set_option('scp_if_ssh', False)
-        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'get', to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
+        expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'get', to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file')), to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file')))) + b'\n'
         conn.fetch_file('/path/to/in/file', '/path/to/dest/file')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
 
         expected_in_data = b' '.join((b'get',
-                                      to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩')),
-                                      to_bytes(shlex_quote('/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')))) + b'\n'
+                                      to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩')),
+                                      to_bytes(shlex.quote('/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')))) + b'\n'
         conn.fetch_file(u'/path/to/in/file/with/unicode-fö〩', u'/path/to/dest/file/with/unicode-fö〩')
         conn._bare_run.assert_called_with('some command to run', expected_in_data, checkrc=False)
 
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/inventory/test_inventory.py b/test/units/plugins/inventory/test_inventory.py
index 3d704cabf7..ee9811c89b 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/inventory/test_inventory.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/inventory/test_inventory.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 import unittest
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from units.mock.path import mock_unfrackpath_noop
 
@@ -158,8 +157,8 @@ class TestInventoryPlugins(unittest.TestCase):
 
         variables = inventory.get_host('host1').vars
         for i in range(len(values)):
-            if isinstance(values[i], string_types):
-                self.assertIsInstance(variables['var%s' % i], string_types)
+            if isinstance(values[i], str):
+                self.assertIsInstance(variables['var%s' % i], str)
             else:
                 self.assertIsInstance(variables['var%s' % i], type(values[i]))
 
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_password.py b/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_password.py
index 93524f39f4..d615be998e 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_password.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/lookup/test_password.py
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ from units.mock.loader import DictDataLoader
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import mock_open, patch
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
-from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
+import builtins
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.plugins.loader import PluginLoader, lookup_loader
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import password
@@ -274,13 +273,13 @@ class TestRandomPassword(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_default(self):
         res = password.random_password()
         self.assertEqual(len(res), DEFAULT_LENGTH)
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(res, text_type))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(res, str))
         self._assert_valid_chars(res, DEFAULT_CANDIDATE_CHARS)
 
     def test_zero_length(self):
         res = password.random_password(length=0)
         self.assertEqual(len(res), 0)
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(res, text_type))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(res, str))
         self._assert_valid_chars(res, u',')
 
     def test_just_a_common(self):
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ class TestLookupModuleWithoutPasslib(BaseTestLookupModule):
         # FIXME: assert something useful
         for result in results:
             assert len(result) == DEFAULT_LENGTH
-            assert isinstance(result, text_type)
+            assert isinstance(result, str)
 
     @patch.object(PluginLoader, '_get_paths')
     @patch('ansible.plugins.lookup.password._write_password_file')
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ class TestLookupModuleWithPasslib(BaseTestLookupModule):
 
             # verify the string and parsehash agree on the number of rounds
             self.assertEqual(int(str_parts[2]), crypt_parts['rounds'])
-            self.assertIsInstance(result, text_type)
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
 
     @patch('ansible.plugins.lookup.password._write_password_file')
     def test_password_already_created_encrypt(self, mock_write_file):
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ class TestLookupModuleWithPasslibWrappedAlgo(BaseTestLookupModule):
 
             self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
             result = results[0]
-            self.assertIsInstance(result, text_type)
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
 
             expected_password_length = 76
             self.assertEqual(len(result), expected_password_length)
diff --git a/test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py b/test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py
index 06e27a1e78..828866b24a 100644
--- a/test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py
+++ b/test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import re
 import sys
 from importlib import import_module
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, string_types
 from ansible.modules import ping as ping_module
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig, AnsibleCollectionRef
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader._collection_finder import (
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ def teardown(*args, **kwargs):
     r'FileFinder\.find_loader\(\) is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3\.12; use find_spec\(\) instead'
     ':DeprecationWarning',
 )
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not PY3 or sys.version_info >= (3, 12), reason='Testing Python 2 codepath (find_module) on Python 3, <= 3.11')
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info >= (3, 12), reason='Testing Python 2 codepath (find_module) on Python 3, <= 3.11')
 def test_find_module_py3_lt_312():
     dir_to_a_file = os.path.dirname(ping_module.__file__)
     path_hook_finder = _AnsiblePathHookFinder(_AnsibleCollectionFinder(), dir_to_a_file)
@@ -298,10 +297,7 @@ def test_path_hook_setup():
         except Exception as phe:
             pathhook_exc = phe
 
-        if PY3:
-            assert str(pathhook_exc) == 'need exactly one FileFinder import hook (found 0)'
-        else:
-            assert found_hook is None
+        assert str(pathhook_exc) == 'need exactly one FileFinder import hook (found 0)'
 
     assert repr(_AnsiblePathHookFinder(object(), '/bogus/path')) == "_AnsiblePathHookFinder(path='/bogus/path')"
 
@@ -819,7 +815,7 @@ def test_collectionref_components_valid(name, subdirs, resource, ref_type, pytho
     ]
 )
 def test_legacy_plugin_dir_to_plugin_type(dirname, expected_result):
-    if isinstance(expected_result, string_types):
+    if isinstance(expected_result, str):
         assert AnsibleCollectionRef.legacy_plugin_dir_to_plugin_type(dirname) == expected_result
     else:
         with pytest.raises(expected_result):
diff --git a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
index a6feb82bd2..0318d9cc40 100644
--- a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
+++ b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import os
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from ansible.inventory.manager import InventoryManager
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.playbook.play import Play
 
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ class TestVariableManager(unittest.TestCase):
         v._extra_vars = extra_vars
 
         myvars = v.get_vars(use_cache=False)
-        for (key, val) in iteritems(extra_vars):
+        for key, val in extra_vars.items():
             self.assertEqual(myvars.get(key), val)
 
     def test_variable_manager_options_vars(self):
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class TestVariableManager(unittest.TestCase):
         v._extra_vars = options_vars
 
         myvars = v.get_vars(use_cache=False)
-        for (key, val) in iteritems(options_vars):
+        for key, val in options_vars.items():
             self.assertEqual(myvars.get(key), val)
 
     def test_variable_manager_play_vars(self):