diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 005a64eb..32edd4fc 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx>=1.8.0,<2.0.0;python_version=='2.7' # BSD
 sphinx>=1.8.0,!=2.1.0;python_version>='3.4' # BSD
 doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index bded8c8e..bb7b35b4 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -59,15 +59,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'oslo.db Release Notes'
 copyright = u'2016, oslo.db Developers'
 
-# Release notes do not need a version in the title, they span
-# multiple versions.
-release = ''
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = ''
-
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 # language = None
@@ -147,10 +140,6 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 # directly to the root of the documentation.
 # html_extra_path = []
 
-# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
-# using the given strftime format.
-html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
-
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
 # html_use_smartypants = True
@@ -194,17 +183,6 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'oslo.configReleaseNotesdoc'
 
 # -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
 
-latex_elements = {
-    # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-    # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-    # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-    # 'preamble': '',
-}
-
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).