diff --git a/hggit/git_handler.py b/hggit/git_handler.py
index 18a3dbd0306f48e2de46a9d0efdae532b76e5d8e_aGdnaXQvZ2l0X2hhbmRsZXIucHk=..acb429c62c285da31f1cad58134fdc87ec2aaaee_aGdnaXQvZ2l0X2hhbmRsZXIucHk= 100644
--- a/hggit/git_handler.py
+++ b/hggit/git_handler.py
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@
         file = self.repo.opener(self.mapfile, 'w+', atomictemp=True)
         for hgsha, gitsha in sorted(self._map_hg.iteritems()):
             file.write("%s %s\n" % (gitsha, hgsha))
-        # If this complains that NoneType is not callable, then
-        # atomictempfile no longer has either of rename (pre-1.9) or
-        # close (post-1.9)
-        getattr(file, 'rename', getattr(file, 'close', None))()
+        # If this complains, atomictempfile no longer has close
+        file.close()
 
     def load_tags(self):
         self.tags = {}