diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 9850722e4..b2b9e9159 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def load_configs(filenames):
 
             raise MesonException('Cannot find specified native file: ' + f)
 
-    config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read(gen())
     return config