diff --git a/stdeb/cli_runner.py b/stdeb/cli_runner.py
index e4cb6f9..0d32329 100644
--- a/stdeb/cli_runner.py
+++ b/stdeb/cli_runner.py
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
-try:
-    # python 2.x
-    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    # python 3.x
-    from configparser import SafeConfigParser  # noqa: F401
+from configparser import ConfigParser  # noqa: F401
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 from distutils.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt, translate_longopt
 from stdeb.util import stdeb_cmdline_opts, stdeb_cmd_bool_opts
diff --git a/stdeb/util.py b/stdeb/util.py
index 34b995a..26b656e 100644
--- a/stdeb/util.py
+++ b/stdeb/util.py
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import codecs
-try:
-    # Python 2.x
-    import ConfigParser
-except ImportError:
-    # Python 3.x
-    import configparser as ConfigParser
+import configparser as ConfigParser
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import stdeb  # noqa: F401
@@ -732,7 +727,7 @@ def check_cfg_files(cfg_files, module_name):
     example.
     """
 
-    cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+    cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
     cfg.read(cfg_files)
     if cfg.has_section(module_name):
         section_items = cfg.items(module_name)
@@ -803,10 +798,10 @@ def __init__(self,
         if len(cfg_files):
             check_cfg_files(cfg_files, module_name)
 
-        cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser(cfg_defaults)
+        cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(cfg_defaults)
         for cfg_file in cfg_files:
             with codecs.open(cfg_file, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
-                cfg.readfp(fd)
+                cfg.read_file(fd)
 
         if sdist_dsc_command is not None:
             # Allow distutils commands to override config files (this lets