--- urwid-1.1.0/docs/conf.py
+++ urwid-1.1.0/docs/conf.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 # 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.
-FILE_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__).decode('utf-8')
+FILE_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 VERSION_MODULE = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(FILE_PATH,
     '../urwid/version.py'))
 VERSION_VARS = {}