1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
index b9d792d4d..2cb6e9012 100644
--- a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
+++ b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ __all__ = [
 import os
 import argparse
 
-from os.path import abspath, expanduser
-
 from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject
 
 from mailman.app.finder import find_components
@@ -39,12 +37,6 @@ from mailman.interfaces.command import ICLISubCommand
 from mailman.version import MAILMAN_VERSION_FULL
 
 
-def _absolute_path(path):
-    """Return the absolute after the user expansion.
-    """
-    return abspath(expanduser(path))
-
-
 
 def main():
     """bin/mailman"""
@@ -103,7 +95,7 @@ def main():
     config_file = os.getenv('MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE')
     if config_file is None:
         if args.config is not None:
-            config_file = _absolute_path(args.config)
+            config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(args.config))
 
     initialize(config_file)
     # Perform the subcommand option.