diff --git a/stdeb/util.py b/stdeb/util.py
index 3604201..26b656e 100644
--- a/stdeb/util.py
+++ b/stdeb/util.py
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         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