diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/common.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/common.py
index 3d5237033..c10309491 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/common.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/common.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, textwrap
 import codecs
 from os.path import join
-
-from six.moves import urllib  # import urllib.parse
+import urllib.parse
 
 try:
     from typing import Optional