diff --git a/wcs/qommon/pages.py b/wcs/qommon/pages.py
index b13ccfea3..5b4764e65 100644
--- a/wcs/qommon/pages.py
+++ b/wcs/qommon/pages.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class PagesDirectory(Directory):
         page_file = os.path.join(pages_dir, component)
         if not os.path.exists(page_file):
             raise errors.TraversalError()
-        content = file(page_file).read()
+        content = open(page_file).read()
         template.html_top()
         return content
-