diff -urN t/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/cli_runner.py t.patch/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/cli_runner.py
--- t/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/cli_runner.py 2024-06-11 18:30:13.930328999 +0000
+++ t.patch/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/cli_runner.py   2024-06-11 18:32:05.392731405 +0000
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser  # noqa: F401
 except ImportError:
     # python 3.x
-    from configparser import SafeConfigParser  # noqa: F401
+    from configparser import ConfigParser  # noqa: F401
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 from distutils.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt, translate_longopt
 from stdeb.util import stdeb_cmdline_opts, stdeb_cmd_bool_opts
diff -urN t/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/util.py t.patch/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/util.py
--- t/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/util.py       2024-06-11 18:32:53.864776149 +0000
+++ t.patch/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/stdeb/util.py 2024-06-11 18:33:02.063952870 +0000
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
     example.
     """
 
-    cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+    cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
     cfg.read(cfg_files)
     if cfg.has_section(module_name):
         section_items = cfg.items(module_name)
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
         if len(cfg_files):
             check_cfg_files(cfg_files, module_name)
 
-        cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser(cfg_defaults)
+        cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(cfg_defaults)
         for cfg_file in cfg_files:
             with codecs.open(cfg_file, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
                 cfg.readfp(fd)