diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index bc6bff224b6..682feb44e45 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1540,8 +1540,11 @@ def configure_intl(o):
     os.mkdir(icu_tmp_path)
     icu_data_path = os.path.join(icu_tmp_path, icu_data_file_l)
     with open(icu_data_path, 'wb') as outf:
-        with bz2.BZ2File(compressed_data, 'rb') as inf:
-            shutil.copyfileobj(inf, outf)
+        inf = bz2.BZ2File(compressed_data, 'rb')
+        try:
+          shutil.copyfileobj(inf, outf)
+        finally:
+          inf.close()
     # Now, proceed..
 
   # relative to dep..