diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 340f291fd7..a15a04cbf1 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import django
 import logging
-import openstackdocstheme
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
-import warnings
 
 
 # NOTE(amotoki): Sphinx 1.6.x catches warnings from imported modules.
@@ -69,8 +66,15 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinx.ext.todo',
               'sphinx.ext.coverage',
               'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+              'openstackdocstheme',
               ]
 
+# openstackdocstheme options
+repository_name = 'openstack/horizon'
+bug_project = 'horizon'
+bug_tag = 'documentation'
+html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ html_theme_options = {
 }
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-html_theme_path = [openstackdocstheme.get_html_theme_path()]
+# html_theme_path = []
 
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
 # "<project> v<release> documentation".
@@ -176,13 +180,6 @@ html_static_path = []
 # If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 # using the given strftime format.
 # html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
-git_cmd = ["git", "log", "--pretty=format:'%ad, commit %h'", "--date=local",
-           "-n1"]
-try:
-    html_last_updated_fmt = subprocess.check_output(git_cmd).decode('utf-8')
-except Exception:
-    warnings.warn('Cannot get last updated time from git repository. '
-                  'Not setting "html_last_updated_fmt".')
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
@@ -224,20 +221,6 @@ except Exception:
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = 'Horizondoc'
 
-# We ask git for the SHA checksum
-# The git SHA checksum is used by "log-a-bug"
-gitsha = subprocess.check_output(git_cmd).strip('\n')
-giturl = u'https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/horizon/tree/doc/source'
-# html_context allows us to pass arbitrary values into the html template
-html_context = {
-    "gitsha": gitsha,
-    "giturl": giturl,
-    "bug_project": "horizon",
-    # tag that reported bugs will be tagged with
-    "bug_tag": "documentation",
-}
-
-
 # -- Options for LaTeX output -------------------------------------------------
 
 latex_elements = {
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 96f915efef..16279e62b2 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
-import openstackdocstheme
-
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -42,8 +40,15 @@ import openstackdocstheme
 extensions = [
     'reno.sphinxext',
     'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
+    'openstackdocstheme',
 ]
 
+# openstackdocstheme options
+repository_name = 'openstack/horizon'
+bug_project = 'horizon'
+bug_tag = 'documentation'
+html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+
 # Set aliases for extlinks
 # - generic launchpad bug - [:bug:`12345`]
 # - horizon blueprint - [:blueprint:`drop-nova-network`]
@@ -138,7 +143,6 @@ html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 # html_theme_path = []
-html_theme_path = [openstackdocstheme.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
 # "<project> v<release> documentation".