diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index f078a3ab..2a7274ab 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import pbr.version
-
 # Hacking Release Notes documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Tue Nov  3 17:40:50 2015.
 #
@@ -65,15 +63,11 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 project = u'Hacking Release Notes'
 copyright = u'2015, Hacking Developers'
 
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-
-version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('hacking')
+# Release notes are version independent
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = version_info.version_string_with_vcs()
+release = ''
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = version_info.canonical_version_string()
+version = ''
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.