diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index d68d1264..6912fc36 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.27.1 # Apache-2.0
 doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 63276d66..c1515437 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 repository_name = "openstack/ha-guide"
-bug_project = 'openstack-manuals'
-project = u'High Availability Guide'
-bug_tag = u'ha-guide'
+use_storyboard = True
 copyright = u'2016-present, OpenStack contributors'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ html_theme_options = {
 # So that we can enable "log-a-bug" links from each output HTML page, this
 # variable must be set to a format that includes year, month, day, hours and
 # minutes.
-html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+# html_last_updated_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
@@ -200,28 +198,6 @@ html_copy_source = False
 
 # -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
 
-latex_engine = 'xelatex'
-
-latex_elements = {
-    # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-    # set font (TODO: different fonts for translated PDF document builds)
-    'fontenc': '\\usepackage{fontspec}',
-    'fontpkg': '''\
-\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
-\setmainfont{Liberation Serif}
-\setsansfont{Liberation Sans}
-\setmonofont[SmallCapsFont={Liberation Mono}]{Liberation Mono}
-''',
-
-    # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-    # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-    # 'preamble': '',
-}
-
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).