diff --git a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/builders/manpage.py b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/builders/manpage.py

index a6281f79..c558f737 100644

--- a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/builders/manpage.py

+++ b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/builders/manpage.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from docutils.frontend import OptionParser

 from sphinx import addnodes

 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError

 from sphinx.builders import Builder

-from sphinx.environment import NoUri

 from sphinx.util.nodes import inline_all_toctrees

 from sphinx.util.console import bold, darkgreen

 from sphinx.writers.manpage import ManualPageWriter

@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ class CyrusManualPageBuilder(ManualPageBuilder):

             components=(docwriter,),

             read_config_files=True).get_default_values()

-        self.info(bold('writing... '), nonl=True)

-

         for info in self.config.man_pages:

             docname, name, description, authors, section = info

             if isinstance(authors, string_types):

@@ -67,7 +64,6 @@ class CyrusManualPageBuilder(ManualPageBuilder):

                     authors = []

             targetname = '%s.%s' % (name, section)

-            self.info(darkgreen(targetname) + ' { ', nonl=True)

             destination = FileOutput(

                 destination_path=path.join(self.outdir, targetname),

                 encoding='utf-8')

@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ class CyrusManualPageBuilder(ManualPageBuilder):

             docnames = set()

             largetree = inline_all_toctrees(self, docnames, docname, tree,

                                             darkgreen, [docname])

-            self.info('} ', nonl=True)

             self.env.resolve_references(largetree, docname, self)

             # remove pending_xref nodes

             for pendingnode in largetree.traverse(addnodes.pending_xref):

@@ -89,7 +84,6 @@ class CyrusManualPageBuilder(ManualPageBuilder):

             largetree.settings.section = section

             docwriter.write(largetree, destination)

-        self.info()

 def setup(app):

     app.add_builder(CyrusManualPageBuilder)

diff --git a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/roles/saslman.py b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/roles/saslman.py

index f881d98f..bcafeece 100644

--- a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/roles/saslman.py

+++ b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/roles/saslman.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from string import Template

 import re

 def setup(app):

-    app.info('Initializing saslman plugin')

     app.add_crossref_type('saslman', 'saslman', '%s', nodes.generated)

     return

diff --git a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/writers/manpage.py b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/writers/manpage.py

index 463524a4..3a939ec0 100644

--- a/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/writers/manpage.py

+++ b/docsrc/exts/sphinxlocal/writers/manpage.py

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@

 """

 from docutils import nodes

+from time import strftime

+

 from sphinx.writers.manpage import (

-    MACRO_DEF,

     ManualPageWriter,

     ManualPageTranslator as BaseTranslator

 )

@@ -22,7 +23,5 @@ from sphinx.writers.manpage import (

 from sphinx import addnodes

 from sphinx.locale import admonitionlabels, _

-from sphinx.util.osutil import ustrftime

-from sphinx.util.compat import docutils_version

 class CyrusManualPageWriter(ManualPageWriter):

@@ -68,15 +68,12 @@ class CyrusManualPageTranslator(BaseTranslator):

         if builder.config.today:

             self._docinfo['date'] = builder.config.today

         else:

-            self._docinfo['date'] = ustrftime(builder.config.today_fmt

+            self._docinfo['date'] = strftime(builder.config.today_fmt

                                               or _('%B %d, %Y'))

         self._docinfo['copyright'] = builder.config.copyright

         self._docinfo['version'] = builder.config.version

         self._docinfo['manual_group'] = builder.config.project

-        # since self.append_header() is never called, need to do this here

-        self.body.append(MACRO_DEF)

-

         # overwritten -- don't wrap literal_block with font calls

         self.defs['literal_block'] = ('.sp\n.nf\n', '\n.fi\n')