diff --git a/myproxy/client/utils/openssl.py b/myproxy/client/utils/openssl.py
index 93ac695..8020114 100644
--- a/myproxy/client/utils/openssl.py
+++ b/myproxy/client/utils/openssl.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def __init__(self, filePath=None, caDir=None):
         in OpenSSL config file where present.  caDir can be left out in
         which case the substitution is not done"""
 
-        SafeConfigParser.__init__(self)
+        ConfigParser.__init__(self)
 
         self._reqDN = None
         self._setFilePath(filePath)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def read(self):
 
         idx = re.search('\[\s*\w*\s*\]', fileTxt).span()[0]
         config_file.seek(idx)
-        SafeConfigParser.readfp(self, config_file)
+        ConfigParser.read_file(self, config_file)
 
         # Filter section names and remove comments from options
         for section, val in list(self._sections.items()):
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def _filtOptVal(self, optVal):
             # Leave $dir in place as no CA directory has been set
             return filtVal
 
-    def readfp(self, fp):
+    def read_file(self, fp):
         """Set to not implemented as using a file object could be problematic
         given read() has to seek ahead to the first actual section to avoid
         parsing errors"""