diff --git a/heat/cloudinit/loguserdata.py b/heat/cloudinit/loguserdata.py
index ff6a1f08a3..8cf5523e13 100755
--- a/heat/cloudinit/loguserdata.py
+++ b/heat/cloudinit/loguserdata.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def init_logging():
     LOG.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     LOG.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
     fh = logging.FileHandler("/var/log/heat-provision.log")
-    os.chmod(fh.baseFilename, 0o600)
+    os.chmod(fh.baseFilename, int("600", 8))
     LOG.addHandler(fh)
 
 
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ def call(args):
         if data:
             for x in data:
                 ls.write(x)
-    except OSError as ex:
+    except OSError:
+        ex_type, ex, tb = sys.exc_info()
         if ex.errno == errno.ENOEXEC:
             LOG.error('Userdata empty or not executable: %s', ex)
             return os.EX_OK
         else:
             LOG.error('OS error running userdata: %s', ex)
             return os.EX_OSERR
-    except Exception as ex:
+    except Exception:
+        ex_type, ex, tb = sys.exc_info()
         LOG.error('Unknown error running userdata: %s', ex)
         return os.EX_SOFTWARE
     return p.returncode
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ def main():
         return -1
 
     userdata_path = os.path.join(VAR_PATH, 'cfn-userdata')
-    os.chmod(userdata_path, 0o700)
+    os.chmod(userdata_path, int("700", 8))
 
     LOG.info('Provision began: %s', datetime.datetime.now())
     returncode = call([userdata_path])
@@ -96,5 +98,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     provision_log = os.path.join(VAR_PATH, 'provision-finished')
     # touch the file so it is timestamped with when finished
-    with file(provision_log, 'a'):
+    pl = file(provision_log, 'a')
+    try:
         os.utime(provision_log, None)
+    finally:
+        pl.close()
diff --git a/heat/cloudinit/part_handler.py b/heat/cloudinit/part_handler.py
index e6a6ce20da..81bc08f1ab 100644
--- a/heat/cloudinit/part_handler.py
+++ b/heat/cloudinit/part_handler.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import datetime
 import errno
 import os
+import sys
 
 
 def list_types():
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@ def list_types():
 def handle_part(data, ctype, filename, payload):
     if ctype == "__begin__":
         try:
-            os.makedirs('/var/lib/heat-cfntools', 0o700)
-        except OSError as e:
+            os.makedirs('/var/lib/heat-cfntools', int("700", 8))
+        except OSError:
+            ex_type, e, tb = sys.exc_info()
             if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                 raise
         return
@@ -33,14 +35,23 @@ def handle_part(data, ctype, filename, payload):
     if ctype == "__end__":
         return
 
-    with open('/var/log/part-handler.log', 'a') as log:
+    log = open('/var/log/part-handler.log', 'a')
+    try:
         timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()
         log.write('%s filename:%s, ctype:%s\n' % (timestamp, filename, ctype))
+    finally:
+        log.close()
 
     if ctype == 'text/x-cfninitdata':
-        with open('/var/lib/heat-cfntools/%s' % filename, 'w') as f:
+        f = open('/var/lib/heat-cfntools/%s' % filename, 'w')
+        try:
             f.write(payload)
+        finally:
+            f.close()
 
         # TODO(sdake) hopefully temporary until users move to heat-cfntools-1.3
-        with open('/var/lib/cloud/data/%s' % filename, 'w') as f:
+        f = open('/var/lib/cloud/data/%s' % filename, 'w')
+        try:
             f.write(payload)
+        finally:
+            f.close()