diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2d20047..eadb813 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
 master_doc = "index"
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u"Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library"
-copyright = u"2017 Brent Rubell"
-author = u"Brent Rubell"
+project = "Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library"
+copyright = "2017 Brent Rubell"
+author = "Brent Rubell"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u"1.0"
+version = "1.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u"1.0"
+release = "1.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     (
         master_doc,
         "AdafruitCIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCDLibrary.tex",
-        u"Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
+        "Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
         author,
         "manual",
     ),
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     (
         master_doc,
         "adafruitCIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCDlibrary",
-        u"Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
+        "Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
         [author],
         1,
     )
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     (
         master_doc,
         "AdafruitCIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCDLibrary",
-        u"Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
+        "Adafruit CIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCD Library Documentation",
         author,
         "AdafruitCIRCUITPYTHON_CHARLCDLibrary",
         "One line description of project.",