diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f8050f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+mongodb [test platform:dpkg]
+mongodb-server [test platform:rpm !platform:opensuseproject]
+dev-db/mongodb [test platform:gentoo]
+mysql-server [test platform:dpkg]
+postgresql [test]
+postgresql-client [test platform:dpkg]
+postgresql-devel [test platform:rpm]
+postgresql-server [test platform:rpm]
+libpq-dev [test platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 6d0cdc8c..ec952f44 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -58,16 +58,12 @@ bug_tag = ''
 project = u'Panko Release Notes'
 copyright = u'2015, Panko Developers'
 
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-from panko.version import version_info as panko_version
+# Release notes do not need a version number in the title, they
+# cover multiple releases.
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = panko_version.version_string_with_vcs()
+release = ''
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = panko_version.canonical_version_string()
+version = ''
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
+# html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 # Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
 # .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied