diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 9bd6f3c..0e4db3f 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'OpenStack Project Team Guide'
+project = 'OpenStack Project Team Guide'
 copyright = 'OpenStack Contributors'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ latex_elements = {
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass
 # [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Project-team-guide.tex', u'Project Team Guide',
-   u'OpenStack Contributors', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'Project-team-guide.tex', 'Project Team Guide',
+   'OpenStack Contributors', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of