3 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/_base.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/_base.py
index 3689777266..595849f9d5 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/_base.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-
-from six.moves import urllib
+import urllib
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.protocols.basic import FileSender
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
index 683a79c966..79cb0dddbe 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ import contextlib
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
-
-import six
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.protocols.basic import FileSender
@@ -117,12 +114,11 @@ class MediaStorage(object):
             with open(fname, "wb") as f:
                 yield f, fname, finish
         except Exception:
-            t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
             try:
                 os.remove(fname)
             except Exception:
                 pass
-            six.reraise(t, v, tb)
+            raise
 
         if not finished_called:
             raise Exception("Finished callback not called")
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
index f206605727..f67e0fb3ec 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import traceback
 from typing import Dict, Optional
-
-import six
-from six import string_types
-from six.moves import urllib_parse as urlparse
+from urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 from canonicaljson import json
 
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ class PreviewUrlResource(DirectServeResource):
             # It may be stored as text in the database, not as bytes (such as
             # PostgreSQL). If so, encode it back before handing it on.
             og = cache_result["og"]
-            if isinstance(og, six.text_type):
+            if isinstance(og, str):
                 og = og.encode("utf8")
             return og
 
@@ -631,7 +628,7 @@ def _iterate_over_text(tree, *tags_to_ignore):
         if el is None:
             return
 
-        if isinstance(el, string_types):
+        if isinstance(el, str):
             yield el
         elif el.tag not in tags_to_ignore:
             # el.text is the text before the first child, so we can immediately