diff --git a/tailbone/forms/widgets.py b/tailbone/forms/widgets.py
index 02fcdb76..d02d12d1 100644
--- a/tailbone/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tailbone/forms/widgets.py
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@
 Form Widgets
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, division
-
 import json
 import datetime
 import decimal
 
-import six
-
 import colander
 from deform import widget as dfwidget
 from webhelpers2.html import tags, HTML
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ class PercentInputWidget(dfwidget.TextInputWidget):
             # convert "traditional" value to "human-friendly"
             value = decimal.Decimal(cstruct) * 100
             value = value.quantize(decimal.Decimal('0.001'))
-            cstruct = six.text_type(value)
+            cstruct = str(value)
         return super(PercentInputWidget, self).serialize(field, cstruct, **kw)
 
     def deserialize(self, field, pstruct):
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ class PercentInputWidget(dfwidget.TextInputWidget):
             raise colander.Invalid(field.schema, "Invalid decimal string: {}".format(pstruct))
         value = value.quantize(decimal.Decimal('0.00001'))
         value /= 100
-        return six.text_type(value)
+        return str(value)
 
 
 class CasesUnitsWidget(dfwidget.Widget):
@@ -301,7 +297,7 @@ class MultiFileUploadWidget(dfwidget.FileUploadWidget):
             return colander.null
 
         # TODO: why is this a thing?  pstruct == [b'']
-        if len(pstruct) == 1 and not pstruct[0]:
+        if len(pstruct) == 1 and pstruct[0] == b'':
             return colander.null
 
         files_data = []
@@ -416,7 +412,7 @@ class CustomerAutocompleteWidget(JQueryAutocompleteWidget):
             model = self.request.rattail_config.get_model()
             customer = Session.query(model.Customer).get(cstruct)
             if customer:
-                self.field_display = six.text_type(customer)
+                self.field_display = str(customer)
 
         return super(CustomerAutocompleteWidget, self).serialize(
             field, cstruct, **kw)
@@ -469,7 +465,7 @@ class DepartmentWidget(dfwidget.SelectWidget):
             model = request.rattail_config.get_model()
             departments = Session.query(model.Department)\
                                  .order_by(model.Department.number)
-            values = [(dept.uuid, six.text_type(dept))
+            values = [(dept.uuid, str(dept))
                       for dept in departments]
             if not kwargs.pop('required', True):
                 values.insert(0, ('', "(none)"))