diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index efc6fc2a52..ec72ba6034 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'2015, Sahara Developers'
+copyright = '2015, Sahara Developers'
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ latex_elements = {
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
-    ('index', 'SaharaReleaseNotes.tex', u'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
-     u'Sahara Developers', 'manual'),
+    ('index', 'SaharaReleaseNotes.tex', 'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
+     'Sahara Developers', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'saharareleasenotes', u'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
-     [u'Sahara Developers'], 1)
+    ('index', 'saharareleasenotes', 'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
+     ['Sahara Developers'], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ man_pages = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-    ('index', 'SaharaReleaseNotes', u'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
-     u'Sahara Developers', 'SaharaReleaseNotes',
+    ('index', 'SaharaReleaseNotes', 'Sahara Release Notes Documentation',
+     'Sahara Developers', 'SaharaReleaseNotes',
      'One line description of project.',
      'Miscellaneous'),
 ]