diff --git a/docs/cmake.py b/docs/cmake.py
index 58db6d6..8cc431c 100644
--- a/docs/cmake.py
+++ b/docs/cmake.py
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@
 
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, directives
 from docutils.transforms import Transform
-try:
-    from docutils.utils.error_reporting import SafeString, ErrorString
-except ImportError:
-    # error_reporting was not in utils before version 0.11:
-    from docutils.error_reporting import SafeString, ErrorString
 
 from docutils import io, nodes
 
@@ -135,10 +130,10 @@ def run(self):
             raise self.severe('Problems with "%s" directive path:\n'
                               'Cannot encode input file path "%s" '
                               '(wrong locale?).' %
-                              (self.name, SafeString(path)))
+                              (self.name, path))
         except IOError as error:
             raise self.severe('Problems with "%s" directive path:\n%s.' %
-                      (self.name, ErrorString(error)))
+                      (self.name, error))
         raw_lines = f.read().splitlines()
         f.close()
         rst = None