diff --git a/python-parted-no-six.patch b/python-parted-no-six.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df67ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-parted-no-six.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Index: pyparted-3.12.0/.github/workflows/test.yml
+===================================================================
+--- pyparted-3.12.0.orig/.github/workflows/test.yml
++++ pyparted-3.12.0/.github/workflows/test.yml
+@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ jobs:
+               python3-pytest \
+               python3-types-six \
+               udev
+-          pip install six
+           env PYTHON=python3 make test coverage COVERAGE=coverage
+Index: pyparted-3.12.0/src/parted/disk.py
+===================================================================
+--- pyparted-3.12.0.orig/src/parted/disk.py
++++ pyparted-3.12.0/src/parted/disk.py
+@@ -56,12 +56,10 @@ class Disk(object):
+         self._partitions = CachedList(lambda : self.__getPartitions())
+ 
+     def _hasSameParts(self, other):
+-        import six
+-
+         if len(self.partitions) != len(other.partitions):
+             return False
+ 
+-        partIter = six.moves.zip(self.partitions, other.partitions)
++        partIter = zip(self.partitions, other.partitions)
+         while True:
+             try:
+                 (left, right) = next(partIter)
+Index: pyparted-3.12.0/tests/test__ped_geometry.py
+===================================================================
+--- pyparted-3.12.0.orig/tests/test__ped_geometry.py
++++ pyparted-3.12.0/tests/test__ped_geometry.py
+@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
+ #
+ 
+ import _ped
+-import six
+ from tests.baseclass import RequiresDevice
+ 
+ # One class per method, multiple tests per class.  For these simple methods,
+@@ -375,4 +374,4 @@ class GeometryStrTestCase(RequiresDevice
+         lines = str(self.g).split('\n')
+         self.assertEqual(lines[0], '_ped.Geometry instance --')
+         self.assertEqual(lines[1], '  start: 10  end: 109  length: 100')
+-        six.assertRegex(self, lines[2], '^  device: <_ped.Device object at .*')
++        self.assertRegex(lines[2], '^  device: <_ped.Device object at .*')
diff --git a/python-parted.changes b/python-parted.changes
index fb4e3f1..02c9f7d 100644
--- a/python-parted.changes
+++ b/python-parted.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 25 07:49:04 UTC 2023 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- do not require six
+- added patches
+  fix https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted/issues/98
+  + python-parted-no-six.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 21 13:12:51 UTC 2022 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-parted.spec b/python-parted.spec
index ff46266..549b040 100644
--- a/python-parted.spec
+++ b/python-parted.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-parted
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 
 %define srcname pyparted
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-parted
 Version:        3.12.0
 Release:        0
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ Patch0:         pyparted-3.10.patch
 Patch3:         python-parted-parted-binary.patch
 Patch4:         python-parted-featurestest.patch
 Patch5:         more-features-exposed.patch
+# https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted/pull/101
+Patch6:         python-parted-no-six.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}