diff --git a/offlineimap/CustomConfig.py b/offlineimap/CustomConfig.py
index 59da078a..236f6147 100644
--- a/offlineimap/CustomConfig.py
+++ b/offlineimap/CustomConfig.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 import os
 import re
 from sys import exc_info
-from configparser import SafeConfigParser, Error
+from configparser import ConfigParser, Error
 from offlineimap.localeval import LocalEval
 
 
-class CustomConfigParser(SafeConfigParser):
+class CustomConfigParser(ConfigParser):
     def __init__(self):
-        SafeConfigParser.__init__(self)
+        ConfigParser.__init__(self)
         self.localeval = None
 
     def getdefault(self, section, option, default, *args, **kwargs):