1diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
2index 7e5bb402e..60d65ef76 100644
3--- a/versioneer.py
4+++ b/versioneer.py
5@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ def get_config_from_root(root):
6 # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
7 # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
8 setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
9- parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
10+ parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
11 with open(setup_cfg, "r") as f:
12- parser.readfp(f)
13+ parser.read_file(f)
14 VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS") # mandatory
15
16 def get(parser, name):