diff --git a/mackup/appsdb.py b/mackup/appsdb.py
index 638ff40f4..3699cb1f0 100644
--- a/mackup/appsdb.py
+++ b/mackup/appsdb.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.apps = dict()
 
         for config_file in ApplicationsDatabase.get_config_files():
-            config = configparser.SafeConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+            config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
 
             # Needed to not lowercase the configuration_files in the ini files
             config.optionxform = str
diff --git a/mackup/config.py b/mackup/config.py
index 5fbbc9140..870a390d6 100644
--- a/mackup/config.py
+++ b/mackup/config.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def _setup_parser(self, filename=None):
             filename (str) or None
 
         Returns:
-            SafeConfigParser
+            ConfigParser
         """
         assert isinstance(filename, str) or filename is None
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def _setup_parser(self, filename=None):
         if not filename:
             filename = MACKUP_CONFIG_FILE
 
-        parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser(
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser(
             allow_no_value=True, inline_comment_prefixes=(";", "#")
         )
         parser.read(os.path.join(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], filename)))