diff --git a/linkcheck/configuration/confparse.py b/linkcheck/configuration/confparse.py
index 6b77972a..1a026608 100644
--- a/linkcheck/configuration/confparse.py
+++ b/linkcheck/configuration/confparse.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import re
 import linkcheck
 import linkcheck.log
 
-class LCConfigParser (ConfigParser.ConfigParser, object):
+class LCConfigParser (ConfigParser.RawConfigParser, object):
     """
     Parse a LinkChecker configuration file.
     """