diff --git a/mayan/apps/importer/management/commands/import.py b/mayan/apps/importer/management/commands/import.py
index 86d32da44d..2ddfba6ea1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/importer/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/importer/management/commands/import.py
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ class Command(management.BaseCommand):
             self.stderr.write('Must specify a CSV file path.')
             exit(1)
         else:
-            with open(options['filelist']) as csv_datafile:
-                csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_datafile)
+            with open(options['filelist'], mode='r') as csv_datafile:
+                csv_reader = csv.reader(
+                    csv_datafile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"'
+                )
                 for row in csv_reader:
                     # Increase row count here even though start index is 0
                     # purpose is to avoid losing row number increments on
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class Command(management.BaseCommand):
                     row_count = row_count + 1
                     if row_count - 1 not in rows_to_ignore:
                         try:
-                            with open(row[options['document_path_column']]) as file_object:
+                            with open(row[options['document_path_column']], mode='rb') as file_object:
                                 document_type_label = row[options['document_type_column']]
 
                                 if document_type_label not in document_types:
diff --git a/mayan/apps/importer/tests/test_management_commands.py b/mayan/apps/importer/tests/test_management_commands.py
index 156a4c1c8d..2d6871c63b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/importer/tests/test_management_commands.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/importer/tests/test_management_commands.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import csv
 
 from django.core import management
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
 
 from mayan.apps.documents.models import DocumentType, Document
 from mayan.apps.documents.tests.base import GenericDocumentTestCase
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ class ImportManagementCommandTestCase(GenericDocumentTestCase):
         super(ImportManagementCommandTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def _create_test_csv_file(self):
-        self.test_csv_file_descriptor, self.test_csv_path = mkstemp()
+        self.test_csv_path = mkstemp()[1]
 
         print('Test CSV file: {}'.format(self.test_csv_path))
 
-        with open(self.test_csv_path, mode='wb') as csvfile:
+        with open(self.test_csv_path, mode='w', newline='') as file_object:
             filewriter = csv.writer(
-                csvfile, delimiter=force_bytes(','), quotechar=force_bytes('"'),
+                file_object, delimiter=',', quotechar='"',
                 quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL
             )
             print(
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ class ImportManagementCommandTestCase(GenericDocumentTestCase):
                 )
 
     def _destroy_test_csv_file(self):
-        fs_cleanup(
-            filename=self.test_csv_path,
-            file_descriptor=self.test_csv_file_descriptor
-        )
+        fs_cleanup(filename=self.test_csv_path)
 
     def test_import_csv_read(self):
         self.test_document_type.delete()