diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 14654d6..f993c4d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard'
-copyright = u'2017, OpenStack Foundation'
+project = 'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard'
+copyright = '2017, OpenStack Foundation'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'neutronfwaasdashboarddoc'
 
 latex_documents = [
     ('index', 'doc-neutron-fwaas-dashboard.tex',
-     u'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard Documentation',
-     u'Neutron Contributors', 'howto'),
+     'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard Documentation',
+     'Neutron Contributors', 'howto'),
 ]
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 09c1371..8038822 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard Release Notes'
-copyright = u'2017, OpenStack Foundation'
+project = 'Neutron FWaaS Dashboard Release Notes'
+copyright = '2017, OpenStack Foundation'
 
 # Release notes are version independent.
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.