diff --git a/python-scitokens-no-six.patch b/python-scitokens-no-six.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb904b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-scitokens-no-six.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+Index: scitokens-1.7.2/requirements.txt
+===================================================================
+--- scitokens-1.7.2.orig/requirements.txt
++++ scitokens-1.7.2/requirements.txt
+@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
+ cryptography
+ PyJWT>=1.6.1
+-six
+Index: scitokens-1.7.2/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- scitokens-1.7.2.orig/setup.py
++++ scitokens-1.7.2/setup.py
+@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
+     install_requires=[
+         'cryptography',
+         'PyJWT>=1.6.1',
+-        'six',
+         'setuptools'
+     ],
+     # classifiers
+Index: scitokens-1.7.2/src/scitokens/scitokens.py
+===================================================================
+--- scitokens-1.7.2.orig/src/scitokens/scitokens.py
++++ scitokens-1.7.2/src/scitokens/scitokens.py
+@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import os
+ import jwt
+ from . import urltools
+ import logging
+-from six import string_types
+ 
+ LOGGER = logging.getLogger("scitokens")
+ import uuid
+@@ -697,7 +696,7 @@ class Enforcer(object):
+             return True
+ 
+     def _validate_scope(self, value):
+-        if not isinstance(value, string_types):
++        if not isinstance(value, str):
+             raise InvalidAuthorizationResource("Scope is invalid.  Must be a space separated string")
+         if self._test_access:
+             if not self._test_path:
+Index: scitokens-1.7.2/src/scitokens/utils/config.py
+===================================================================
+--- scitokens-1.7.2.orig/src/scitokens/utils/config.py
++++ scitokens-1.7.2/src/scitokens/utils/config.py
+@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ Module for configuration management
+ 
+ 
+ # Config parser is renamed in python 3
+-from six.moves import configparser
+-import six
++import configparser
+ import logging
+ import logging.handlers
+ 
+@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ def set_config(config = None):
+     """
+     global configuration # pylint: disable=C0103
+ 
+-    if isinstance(config, six.string_types):
++    if isinstance(config, str):
+         configuration = configparser.ConfigParser(CONFIG_DEFAULTS)
+         configuration.read([config])
+     elif isinstance(config, configparser.RawConfigParser):
+Index: scitokens-1.7.2/tests/test_config.py
+===================================================================
+--- scitokens-1.7.2.orig/tests/test_config.py
++++ scitokens-1.7.2/tests/test_config.py
+@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import tempfile
+ import logging
+ import scitokens
+ import scitokens.utils.config
+-
+-from six.moves import configparser
++import configparser
+ 
+ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+     """
diff --git a/python-scitokens.changes b/python-scitokens.changes
index 0773024..c53dead 100644
--- a/python-scitokens.changes
+++ b/python-scitokens.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 14 08:47:39 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- added patches
+  fix https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/issues/169
+  + python-scitokens-no-six.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct 29 00:55:58 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-scitokens.spec b/python-scitokens.spec
index 227501f..6f86539 100644
--- a/python-scitokens.spec
+++ b/python-scitokens.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Summary:        SciToken reference implementation library
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://scitokens.org
 Source:         https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{bname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/issues/169
+Patch0:         python-scitokens-no-six.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyJWT}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ want to delegate trust for an issuer for managing a storage allocation.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n scitokens-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build