diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index d43f373b2d..abcda60eee 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -1395,14 +1395,14 @@ class P4UserMap:
         for (key, val) in self.users.items():
             s += "%s\t%s\n" % (key.expandtabs(1), val.expandtabs(1))
 
-        open(self.getUserCacheFilename(), "wb").write(s)
+        open(self.getUserCacheFilename(), 'w').write(s)
         self.userMapFromPerforceServer = True
 
     def loadUserMapFromCache(self):
         self.users = {}
         self.userMapFromPerforceServer = False
         try:
-            cache = open(self.getUserCacheFilename(), "rb")
+            cache = open(self.getUserCacheFilename(), 'r')
             lines = cache.readlines()
             cache.close()
             for line in lines: