Index: scripts/Python/python-typemaps.swig
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--- scripts/Python/python-typemaps.swig
+++ scripts/Python/python-typemaps.swig
@@ -520,16 +520,7 @@
       }
    }
    else
-   {
-      PythonFile py_file(PyRefType::Borrowed, $input);
-      File file;
-      if (!py_file.GetUnderlyingFile(file))
-         return nullptr;
-
-      $1 = file.GetStream();
-      if ($1)
-         file.Clear();
-    }
+     $1 = PyFile_AsFile($input);
 }
 
 %typemap(out) FILE * {