diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 418ce6f..56d1a4b 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ openstackdocs_bug_tag = 'specs'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'Mistral Specs'
-copyright = u'%s, OpenStack Mistral Team' % datetime.date.today().year
+project = 'Mistral Specs'
+copyright = '%s, OpenStack Mistral Team' % datetime.date.today().year
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ 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', 'Mistral-specs.tex', u'Mistral Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Mistral Team', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'Mistral-specs.tex', 'Mistral Specs',
+   'OpenStack Mistral Team', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Mistral-specs', u'Mistral Design Specs',
-   u'OpenStack Mistral Team', 'mistral-specs',
+  ('index', 'Mistral-specs', 'Mistral Design Specs',
+   'OpenStack Mistral Team', 'mistral-specs',
    'Design specifications for the Mistral project.', 'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 # -- Options for Epub output ---------------------------------------------------
 
 # Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
-epub_title = u'Mistral Specs'
-epub_author = u'OpenStack Mistral Team'
-epub_publisher = u'OpenStack Mistral Team'
-epub_copyright = u'2015, OpenStack Mistral Team'
+epub_title = 'Mistral Specs'
+epub_author = 'OpenStack Mistral Team'
+epub_publisher = 'OpenStack Mistral Team'
+epub_copyright = '2015, OpenStack Mistral Team'
 
 # The language of the text. It defaults to the language option
 # or en if the language is not set.