diff --git a/MeetBot/test.py b/MeetBot/test.py
index b29a4dd..27424b7 100644
--- a/MeetBot/test.py
+++ b/MeetBot/test.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class MeetBotTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
     plugins = ('MeetBot',)
 
     def testRunMeeting(self):
-        test_script = file(os.path.join("test-script-2.log.txt"))
+        test_script = open(os.path.join("test-script-2.log.txt"))
         for line in test_script:
             # Normalize input lines somewhat.
             line = line.strip()
diff --git a/ircmeeting/meeting.py b/ircmeeting/meeting.py
index 6990735..99cb771 100644
--- a/ircmeeting/meeting.py
+++ b/ircmeeting/meeting.py
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         M = Meeting(channel=channel, owner=None,
                     filename=filename, writeRawLog=False)
-        for line in file(sys.argv[2]):
+        for line in open(sys.argv[2]):
             # match regular spoken lines:
             m = logline_re.match(line)
             if m:
diff --git a/ircmeeting/writers.py b/ircmeeting/writers.py
index e33520f..bfa2171 100644
--- a/ircmeeting/writers.py
+++ b/ircmeeting/writers.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class _CSSmanager(object):
             # Stylesheet specified
             if getattr(self.M.config, 'cssEmbed_'+name, True):
                 # external stylesheet
-                css = file(css_fname).read()
+                css = open(css_fname).read()
                 return self._css_head%css
             else:
                 # linked stylesheet
diff --git a/tests/run_test.py b/tests/run_test.py
index 5c99644..4dbf3a1 100644
--- a/tests/run_test.py
+++ b/tests/run_test.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class MeetBotTest(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='test-meetbot')
         try:
-            process_meeting(contents=file('test-script-1.log.txt').read(),
+            process_meeting(contents=open('test-script-1.log.txt').read(),
                             filename=os.path.join(tmpdir, 'meeting'),
                             dontSave=False,
                             extraConfig={'writer_map':self.full_writer_map,