diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 1bd1709..579b877 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass
 # [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-    ('index', 'doc-os-traits.tex', u'os-traits Documentation',
-     u'OpenStack Foundation', 'manual'),
+    ('index', 'doc-os-traits.tex', 'os-traits Documentation',
+     'OpenStack Foundation', 'manual'),
 ]
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index d822c6a..98c79b1 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'os-traits Release Notes'
-copyright = u'2017, OpenStack Foundation'
+project = 'os-traits Release Notes'
+copyright = '2017, OpenStack Foundation'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the