diff --git a/poky/scripts/combo-layer b/poky/scripts/combo-layer
index 9b50e98..a634dd6 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/combo-layer
+++ b/poky/scripts/combo-layer
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         logger.debug("Loading config file %s" % self.conffile)
         self.parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
         with open(self.conffile) as f:
-            self.parser.readfp(f)
+            self.parser.read_file(f)
 
         # initialize default values
         self.commit_msg_template = "Automatic commit to update last_revision"