diff --git a/tests/sphinxexample/conf.py b/tests/sphinxexample/conf.py
index ec478dd..7208393 100644
--- a/tests/sphinxexample/conf.py
+++ b/tests/sphinxexample/conf.py
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = u'wsmeext.sphinxext Test'
-copyright = u'2011, Christophe de Vienne'
+project = 'wsmeext.sphinxext Test'
+copyright = '2011, Christophe de Vienne'
 
 # 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.
 #
-import pkg_resources
-dist = pkg_resources.require('WSME')[0]
+import pbr.version
+version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('WSME')
 
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '.'.join(dist.version[:2])
+version = version_info.version_string()
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = dist.version
+release = version_info.version_string()
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'WebServicesMadeEasydoc'
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
 latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'WebServicesMadeEasy.tex', u'Web Services Made Easy Documentation',
-   u'Christophe de Vienne', 'manual'),
+  ('index', 'WebServicesMadeEasy.tex', 'Web Services Made Easy Documentation',
+   'Christophe de Vienne', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ latex_documents = [
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'webservicesmadeeasy', u'Web Services Made Easy Documentation',
-     [u'Christophe de Vienne'], 1)
+    ('index', 'webservicesmadeeasy', 'Web Services Made Easy Documentation',
+     ['Christophe de Vienne'], 1)
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/wsmeext/__init__.py b/wsmeext/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ece379c..0000000
--- a/wsmeext/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import pkg_resources
-pkg_resources.declare_namespace(__name__)