3 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/serializers/models/base.py b/tests/serializers/models/base.py
index aa55b87c61..9421578478 100644
--- a/tests/serializers/models/base.py
+++ b/tests/serializers/models/base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Serialization
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils import six
 
 
 class CategoryMetaDataManager(models.Manager):
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ class TeamField(models.CharField):
         super(TeamField, self).__init__(max_length=100)
 
     def get_db_prep_save(self, value, connection):
-        return six.text_type(value.title)
+        return str(value.title)
 
     def to_python(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, Team):
diff --git a/tests/serializers/test_xml.py b/tests/serializers/test_xml.py
index 71b38d48fa..ea9677d87f 100644
--- a/tests/serializers/test_xml.py
+++ b/tests/serializers/test_xml.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from xml.dom import minidom
 from django.core import serializers
 from django.core.serializers.xml_serializer import DTDForbidden
 from django.test import TestCase, TransactionTestCase
-from django.utils import six
 
 from .tests import SerializersTestBase, SerializersTransactionTestBase
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class XmlSerializerTestCase(SerializersTestBase, TestCase):
     def _comparison_value(value):
         # The XML serializer handles everything as strings, so comparisons
         # need to be performed on the stringified value
-        return six.text_type(value)
+        return str(value)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _validate_output(serial_str):
diff --git a/tests/serializers/test_yaml.py b/tests/serializers/test_yaml.py
index 038227efea..f3988d7ff1 100644
--- a/tests/serializers/test_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/serializers/test_yaml.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import unittest
 from django.core import management, serializers
 from django.core.serializers.base import DeserializationError
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase, TransactionTestCase
-from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
 
 from .models import Author
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ class YamlSerializerTestCase(SerializersTestBase, TestCase):
                 # yaml.safe_load will return non-string objects for some
                 # of the fields we are interested in, this ensures that
                 # everything comes back as a string
-                if isinstance(field_value, six.string_types):
+                if isinstance(field_value, str):
                     ret_list.append(field_value)
                 else:
                     ret_list.append(str(field_value))