diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 59fa8f3..aa3331a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import socket
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from six import python_2_unicode_compatible
 import pytest
 import pytz
 from mock import patch
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 
 address = ('127.0.0.1', 514)
-timezone = pytz.timezone('Antarctica/Vostok')
+timezone = pytz.timezone('Etc/GMT-6')
 message = 'This is an interesting message'
 
 sd1 = {'my_sd_id1@32473': {'my_key1': 'my_value1'}}