diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
index 7da74dcfb2b..7f9593f478e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Set
 
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types, binary_type, text_type
 from ansible.utils.native_jinja import NativeJinjaText
 
 
@@ -68,12 +67,12 @@ class AnsibleUnsafe(object):
     __UNSAFE__ = True
 
 
-class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
+class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(bytes, AnsibleUnsafe):
     def _strip_unsafe(self):
         return super().__bytes__()
 
     def __str__(self, /):  # pylint: disable=invalid-str-returned
-        return self.encode()
+        return self.decode()
 
     def __bytes__(self, /):  # pylint: disable=invalid-bytes-returned
         return self
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
         return AnsibleUnsafeText(super().__repr__())
 
     def __format__(self, format_spec, /):  # pylint: disable=invalid-format-returned
-        return self.__class__(super().__format__(format_spec))
+        return AnsibleUnsafeText(super().__format__(format_spec))
 
     def __getitem__(self, key, /):
         return self.__class__(super().__getitem__(key))
@@ -114,9 +113,6 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
     def capitalize(self, /):
         return self.__class__(super().capitalize())
 
-    def casefold(self, /):
-        return self.__class__(super().casefold())
-
     def center(self, width, fillchar=b' ', /):
         return self.__class__(super().center(width, fillchar))
 
@@ -132,12 +128,6 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
     def expandtabs(self, /, tabsize=8):
         return self.__class__(super().expandtabs(tabsize))
 
-    def format(self, /, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.__class__(super().format(*args, **kwargs))
-
-    def format_map(self, mapping, /):
-        return self.__class__(super().format_map(mapping))
-
     def join(self, iterable_of_bytes, /):
         return self.__class__(super().join(iterable_of_bytes))
 
@@ -147,8 +137,8 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
     def lower(self, /):
         return self.__class__(super().lower())
 
-    def lstrip(self, bytes=None, /):
-        return self.__class__(super().lstrip(bytes))
+    def lstrip(self, chars=None, /):
+        return self.__class__(super().lstrip(chars))
 
     def partition(self, sep, /):
         cls = self.__class__
@@ -164,8 +154,8 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
         cls = self.__class__
         return tuple(cls(e) for e in super().rpartition(sep))
 
-    def rstrip(self, bytes=None, /):
-        return self.__class__(super().rstrip(bytes))
+    def rstrip(self, chars=None, /):
+        return self.__class__(super().rstrip(chars))
 
     def split(self, /, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
         cls = self.__class__
@@ -179,8 +169,8 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
         cls = self.__class__
         return [cls(e) for e in super().splitlines(keepends=keepends)]
 
-    def strip(self, bytes=None, /):
-        return self.__class__(super().strip(bytes))
+    def strip(self, chars=None, /):
+        return self.__class__(super().strip(chars))
 
     def swapcase(self, /):
         return self.__class__(super().swapcase())
@@ -198,11 +188,7 @@ class AnsibleUnsafeBytes(binary_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
         return self.__class__(super().zfill(width))
 
 
-class AnsibleUnsafeText(text_type, AnsibleUnsafe):
-    # def __getattribute__(self, name):
-    #     print(f'attr: {name}')
-    #     return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
-
+class AnsibleUnsafeText(str, AnsibleUnsafe):
     def _strip_unsafe(self, /):
         return super().__str__()
 
@@ -361,9 +347,9 @@ def wrap_var(v):
         v = _wrap_sequence(v)
     elif isinstance(v, NativeJinjaText):
         v = NativeJinjaUnsafeText(v)
-    elif isinstance(v, binary_type):
+    elif isinstance(v, bytes):
         v = AnsibleUnsafeBytes(v)
-    elif isinstance(v, text_type):
+    elif isinstance(v, str):
         v = AnsibleUnsafeText(v)
 
     return v