diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index da91e25fa1..0e3fc0c428 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -67,12 +67,10 @@ copyright = u'2015, Heat Developers'
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-from heat.version import version_info as heat_version
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = heat_version.version_string_with_vcs()
+release = ''
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = heat_version.canonical_version_string()
+version = ''
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.