diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index db15a343..d4e34842 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import contextlib
 import os
 import re
 import pytz
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ def get_date(string):
             pass
     raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid date" % string)
 
-@contextlib.contextmanager
+
 def open(filename):
     """Open a file and return it's content"""
-    yield _open(filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
+    return _open(filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
 
 
 def slugify(value):