diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_context.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_context.py
index 27e32812..239e9c5c 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_context.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_context.py
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ class DeploymentContext:
         self.stack.init_from_file(self.get_stack_file())
         deployment_file_path = self.get_deployment_file()
         if deployment_file_path.exists():
-            with deployment_file_path:
-                obj = get_yaml().load(open(deployment_file_path, "r"))
-                self.id = obj[constants.cluster_id_key]
+            obj = get_yaml().load(open(deployment_file_path, "r"))
+            self.id = obj[constants.cluster_id_key]
         # Handle the case of a legacy deployment with no file
         # Code below is intended to match the output from _make_default_cluster_name()
         # TODO: remove when we no longer need to support legacy deployments
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
index 99dfb16f..bc1247eb 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ class Spec:
         return self.obj.get(item, default)
 
     def init_from_file(self, file_path: Path):
-        with file_path:
-            self.obj = get_yaml().load(open(file_path, "r"))
-            self.file_path = file_path
+        self.obj = get_yaml().load(open(file_path, "r"))
+        self.file_path = file_path
 
     def get_image_registry(self):
         return self.obj.get(constants.image_registry_key)
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/stack.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/stack.py
index 1a493534..39ad0083 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/stack.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/stack.py
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ class Stack:
         self.name = name
 
     def init_from_file(self, file_path: Path):
-        with file_path:
-            self.obj = get_yaml().load(open(file_path, "r"))
+        self.obj = get_yaml().load(open(file_path, "r"))
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/util.py
index fd445600..18dbae02 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/util.py
@@ -180,9 +180,7 @@ def get_k8s_dir():
 def get_parsed_deployment_spec(spec_file):
     spec_file_path = Path(spec_file)
     try:
-        with spec_file_path:
-            deploy_spec = get_yaml().load(open(spec_file_path, "r"))
-            return deploy_spec
+        return get_yaml().load(open(spec_file_path, "r"))
     except FileNotFoundError as error:
         # We try here to generate a useful diagnostic error
         print(f"Error: spec file: {spec_file_path} does not exist")