diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ecea0cc3..773c4e5e8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ install:
         pip install --upgrade cython pillow pytest coveralls docutils PyInstaller;
       fi;
       if [ "${RUN}" == "docs" ]; then
-        python3 -m pip install --upgrade sphinxcontrib-blockdiag sphinxcontrib-seqdiag sphinxcontrib-actdiag sphinxcontrib-nwdiag;
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade sphinx==1.7.9 sphinxcontrib-blockdiag sphinxcontrib-seqdiag sphinxcontrib-actdiag sphinxcontrib-nwdiag;
       fi;
     fi;
   - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
diff --git a/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index be9dff62a..4eb28efc1 100644
--- a/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Cython>=0.24
 # Frozen Sphinx requirements for easier pip installation
+sphinx==1.7.9
 sphinxcontrib-actdiag
 sphinxcontrib-blockdiag
 sphinxcontrib-nwdiag
diff --git a/kivy/loader.py b/kivy/loader.py
index 129e16772..caae04402 100755
--- a/kivy/loader.py
+++ b/kivy/loader.py
@@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ class LoaderBase(object):
             else:
                 # read from internet
                 request = urllib_request.Request(filename)
-                if (
-                    Config.has_section('network')
-                    and 'useragent' in Config.items('network')
-                ):
+                if Config.has_option('network', 'useragent'):
                     useragent = Config.get('network', 'useragent')
                     if useragent:
                         request.add_header('User-Agent', useragent)