diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport-no-six.patch b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport-no-six.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ac3e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport-no-six.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: sphinxcontrib-websupport-1.2.4/tests/test_searchadapters.py
+===================================================================
+--- sphinxcontrib-websupport-1.2.4.orig/tests/test_searchadapters.py
++++ sphinxcontrib-websupport-1.2.4/tests/test_searchadapters.py
+@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
+     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
+ """
+ 
+-from six import StringIO
++from io import StringIO
++
+ import pytest
+ 
+ from sphinxcontrib.websupport import WebSupport
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.changes b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.changes
index 5ca582a..1b237c8 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.changes
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr  6 07:11:53 UTC 2023 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- do not require six
+- added patches
+  fix https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinxcontrib-websupport/commit/a249f8f962bb4687b780482c6c5a1cc3dc60629f
+  + python-sphinxcontrib-websupport-no-six.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 18:15:05 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.spec
index 9dbf994..50368cf 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-websupport.spec
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ Summary:        Sphinx API for Web Apps
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinxcontrib-websupport
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/sphinxcontrib-websupport/sphinxcontrib-websupport-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinxcontrib-websupport/commit/a249f8f962bb4687b780482c6c5a1cc3dc60629f
+Patch0:         python-sphinxcontrib-websupport-no-six.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-Jinja2
 Requires:       python-docutils
-Requires:       python-six
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Jinja2}
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Whoosh}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module sphinxcontrib-websupport >= %{version}}
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1000 || 0%{?fedora_version} >= 24