Index: Modules/pyexpat.c
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--- Modules/pyexpat.c	(revision 83828)
+++ Modules/pyexpat.c	(working copy)
@@ -855,11 +855,9 @@
 xmlparse_ParseFile(xmlparseobject *self, PyObject *f)
 {
     int rv = 1;
-    FILE *fp;
     PyObject *readmethod = NULL;
 
     {
-        fp = NULL;
         readmethod = PyObject_GetAttrString(f, "read");
         if (readmethod == NULL) {
             PyErr_Clear();
@@ -876,20 +874,11 @@
             return PyErr_NoMemory();
         }
 
-        if (fp) {
-            bytes_read = fread(buf, sizeof(char), BUF_SIZE, fp);
-            if (bytes_read < 0) {
-                PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
-                return NULL;
-            }
+        bytes_read = readinst(buf, BUF_SIZE, readmethod);
+        if (bytes_read < 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(readmethod);
+            return NULL;
         }
-        else {
-            bytes_read = readinst(buf, BUF_SIZE, readmethod);
-            if (bytes_read < 0) {
-                Py_DECREF(readmethod);
-                return NULL;
-            }
-        }
         rv = XML_ParseBuffer(self->itself, bytes_read, bytes_read == 0);
         if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
             Py_XDECREF(readmethod);