diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 5ba26dc8c..0febbe836 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'%s, OpenStack Neutron Team' % datetime.date.today().year
+copyright = '%s, OpenStack Neutron Team' % datetime.date.today().year
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.