[compat] Use `compat_open()`

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index 4822439d0..54123da0e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import errno
-import io
 import json
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
 import traceback
 
-from .compat import compat_getenv
+from .compat import (
+    compat_getenv,
+    compat_open as open,
+)
 from .utils import (
     error_to_compat_str,
     expand_path,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         cache_fn = self._get_cache_fn(section, key, dtype)
         try:
             try:
-                with io.open(cache_fn, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as cachef:
+                with open(cache_fn, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as cachef:
                     return self._validate(json.load(cachef), min_ver)
             except ValueError:
                 try: