diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
index cbde380..a82085a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 
     if os.access(fn, os.R_OK):
         import re
-        f = open(fn, 'r')
-        lines = f.readlines()
-        f.close()
+        with open(fn, 'r') as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
         r = re.compile("([^:]+):\s*(.*)")
         for l in lines:
             m = r.match(l)