diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 53e7506..ccfb02a 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-copyright = u'2021, OpenStack Foundation'
+copyright = '2021, OpenStack Foundation'
 
 # A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
 modindex_common_prefix = ['validations_common.']
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ latex_documents = [
     (
         'index',
         'doc-validations-common.tex',
-        u'Validations Framework Client Documentation',
-        u'OpenStack LLC',
+        'Validations Framework Client Documentation',
+        'OpenStack LLC',
         'manual'
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 199837a..f8e1616 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-authors = u'Validations Framework Developers'
-project = u'validations-common Release Notes'
-copyright = u'2020, ' + authors
+authors = 'Validations Framework Developers'
+project = 'validations-common Release Notes'
+copyright = '2020, ' + authors
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.
 # "<project> v<release> documentation" by default.
 #
-# html_title = u'validations-common v1.0'
+# html_title = 'validations-common v1.0'
 
 # A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
 #
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'validations-commonReleaseNotesdoc'
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
     (master_doc, 'validations-commonReleaseNotes.tex',
-     u'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
+     'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
      authors, 'manual'),
 ]
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
     (master_doc, 'validations-commonreleasenotes',
-     u'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
+     'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
      [authors], 1)
 ]
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
     (master_doc, 'validations-commonReleaseNotes',
-     u'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
+     'validations-common Release Notes Documentation',
      authors, 'validations-commonReleaseNotes',
      'A collection of Ansible playbooks to detect and report potential issues during TripleO deployments.',
      'Miscellaneous'),