diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 145656f7..8806f1e1 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Tacker Specs'
-copyright = u'%s, OpenStack Tacker Team' % datetime.date.today().year
+project = 'Tacker Specs'
+copyright = '%s, OpenStack Tacker Team' % datetime.date.today().year
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ latex_elements = {
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Tacker-specs.tex', u'Tacker Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Tacker Team', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'Tacker-specs.tex', 'Tacker Specs',
+   'OpenStack Tacker Team', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Tacker-specs', u'Tacker Design Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Tacker Team', 'tacker-specs', 'Design specifications for the Tacker project.',
+  ('index', 'Tacker-specs', 'Tacker Design Specs',
+   'OpenStack Tacker Team', 'tacker-specs', 'Design specifications for the Tacker project.',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]