Index: rrdtool/bindings/python/rrd_extra.h
===================================================================
--- rrdtool/bindings/python/rrd_extra.h (revision 1306)
+++ rrdtool/bindings/python/rrd_extra.h (revision 1332)
@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@
     int       rrd_open(
     char *file_name,
-    FILE ** in_file,
     rrd_t *rrd,
     int rdwr);
Index: rrdtool/bindings/python/rrdtoolmodule.c
===================================================================
--- rrdtool/bindings/python/rrdtoolmodule.c (revision 1306)
+++ rrdtool/bindings/python/rrdtoolmodule.c (revision 1332)
@@ -412,5 +412,4 @@
     PyObject *r, *t, *ds;
     rrd_t     rrd;
-    FILE     *in_file;
     char     *filename;
     unsigned long i, j;
@@ -419,10 +418,9 @@
         return NULL;
 
-    if (rrd_open(filename, &in_file, &rrd, RRD_READONLY) == -1) {
-        PyErr_SetString(ErrorObject, rrd_get_error());
-        rrd_clear_error();
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    fclose(in_file);
+    if (!rrd_open(filename, &rrd, RRD_READONLY) == -1) {
+        PyErr_SetString(ErrorObject, rrd_get_error());
+        rrd_clear_error();
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
 #define DICTSET_STR(dict, name, value) \