diff --git a/stestr/commands/run.py b/stestr/commands/run.py
index 4afb8b5..b6d39a1 100644
--- a/stestr/commands/run.py
+++ b/stestr/commands/run.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def run_command(
         if not os.path.isfile(config) and not test_path:
             # If there is no config and no test-path
             if os.path.isfile("tox.ini"):
-                tox_conf = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+                tox_conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
                 tox_conf.read("tox.ini")
                 if not tox_conf.has_section("stestr"):
                     msg = (