diff --git a/swift/common/container_sync_realms.py b/swift/common/container_sync_realms.py
index 2c4c944add..70d376d2e5 100644
--- a/swift/common/container_sync_realms.py
+++ b/swift/common/container_sync_realms.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ContainerSyncRealms(object):
                 if mtime != self.conf_path_mtime:
                     self.conf_path_mtime = mtime
                     try:
-                        conf = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+                        conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
                         conf.read(self.conf_path)
                     except configparser.ParsingError as err:
                         self.logger.error(