diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/oelint.bbclass b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/oelint.bbclass
index 1b051ca..c4febc2 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/oelint.bbclass
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/oelint.bbclass
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     def findKey(path, key):
         ret = True
-        f = file('%s' % path, mode = 'r')
+        f = open('%s' % path, mode = 'r')
         line = f.readline()
         while line:
             if line.find(key) != -1: