diff --git a/scrapy/item.py b/scrapy/item.py
index 4e0f0ac44..1d39b48b2 100644
--- a/scrapy/item.py
+++ b/scrapy/item.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 from pprint import pformat
 from warnings import warn
 
-import six
-
 from scrapy.utils.deprecate import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.utils.trackref import object_ref
 
@@ -130,6 +128,5 @@ class DictItem(MutableMapping, BaseItem):
         return deepcopy(self)
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(ItemMeta)
-class Item(DictItem):
+class Item(DictItem, metaclass=ItemMeta):
     pass
diff --git a/tests/test_item.py b/tests/test_item.py
index d98c63ddd..0da8fa1ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_item.py
+++ b/tests/test_item.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from warnings import catch_warnings
 
-import six
-
 from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 from scrapy.item import ABCMeta, DictItem, Field, Item, ItemMeta
 
@@ -302,7 +300,7 @@ class ItemMetaTest(unittest.TestCase):
 class ItemMetaClassCellRegression(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_item_meta_classcell_regression(self):
-        class MyItem(six.with_metaclass(ItemMeta, Item)):
+        class MyItem(Item, metaclass=ItemMeta):
             def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 # This call to super() trigger the __classcell__ propagation
                 # requirement. When not done properly raises an error: