diff --git a/pipenv/_compat.py b/pipenv/_compat.py
index 3dede246..d6ae5644 100644
--- a/pipenv/_compat.py
+++ b/pipenv/_compat.py
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ def NamedTemporaryFile(
     if os.name == "nt" and delete:
         flags |= os.O_TEMPORARY
     if six.PY2:
-        # if newline or 'b' not in mode:
         flags = _text_openflags if 'b' not in mode else flags
         (fd, name) = _mkstemp_inner(dir, prefix, suffix, flags)
     else:
@@ -270,10 +269,6 @@ def NamedTemporaryFile(
         return _TemporaryFileWrapper(file, name, delete)
 
     except BaseException:
-        try:
-            os.unlink(name)
-        except OSError:
-            os.close(fd)
-            os.unlink(name)
+        os.unlink(name)
         os.close(fd)
         raise
diff --git a/pipenv/project.py b/pipenv/project.py
index 06f8af01..58cbb1ba 100644
--- a/pipenv/project.py
+++ b/pipenv/project.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class Project(object):
 
     def read_pipfile(self):
         # Open the pipfile, read it into memory.
-        with io.open(self.pipfile_location) as f:
+        with io.open(self.pipfile_location, newline='') as f:
             contents = f.read()
             self._pipfile_newlines = preferred_newlines(f)
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class Project(object):
             self.write_toml(self.parsed_pipfile)
 
     def load_lockfile(self, expand_env_vars=True):
-        with io.open(self.lockfile_location) as lock:
+        with io.open(self.lockfile_location, newline='') as lock:
             j = json.load(lock)
             self._lockfile_newlines = preferred_newlines(lock)
         # lockfile is just a string
diff --git a/pipenv/utils.py b/pipenv/utils.py
index f6448586..5f1f26e1 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils.py
@@ -1305,8 +1305,6 @@ def atomic_open_for_write(target, binary=False, newline=None, encoding=None):
       target with this new file.
     """
     from ._compat import NamedTemporaryFile
-    if six.PY2 and not binary and newline == u'\n':
-        binary = True
 
     mode = 'w+b' if binary else 'w'
     f = NamedTemporaryFile(
@@ -1335,5 +1333,3 @@ def atomic_open_for_write(target, binary=False, newline=None, encoding=None):
         except OSError:
             pass
         os.rename(f.name, target)  # No os.replace() on Python 2.
-    finally:
-        f.close()
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_project.py b/tests/integration/test_project.py
index 4a3145ea..68caad84 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_project.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def test_maintain_file_line_endings(PipenvInstance, pypi, newlines):
 
         # Rewrite each file with parameterized newlines
         for fn in [p.pipfile_path, p.lockfile_path]:
-            with io.open(fn) as f:
+            with io.open(fn, newline='') as f:
                 contents = f.read()
                 written_newlines = f.newlines
             assert written_newlines == u'\n'
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_maintain_file_line_endings(PipenvInstance, pypi, newlines):
 
         # Make sure we kept the right newlines
         for fn in [p.pipfile_path, p.lockfile_path]:
-            with io.open(fn) as f:
+            with io.open(fn, newline='') as f:
                 contents = f.read()
                 actual_newlines = f.newlines
             assert actual_newlines == newlines