diff --git a/utils/generate-cyclonedx b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
index 4166abd9ff..611a20127d 100755
--- a/utils/generate-cyclonedx
+++ b/utils/generate-cyclonedx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 
 import argparse
-import bz2
-import gzip
 import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ def patch_retrieve_header(content: str) -> str:
 
 
 def read_patch_file(patch_path: Path) -> str:
-    """Read the content of a patch file, handling compression.
+    """Read the content of a patch file.
 
     Args:
         patch_path (Path): Patch path.
@@ -187,16 +185,8 @@ def read_patch_file(patch_path: Path) -> str:
     Returns:
         str: Patch content.
     """
-    if patch_path.suffix == ".gz":
-        f = gzip.open(patch_path, mode="rt")
-    elif patch_path.suffix == ".bz":
-        f = bz2.open(patch_path, mode="rt")
-    else:
-        f = open(patch_path)
-
-    content = f.read()
-    f.close()
-    return content
+    with open(patch_path) as f:
+        return f.read()
 
 
 def cyclonedx_patches(patch_list: list[str]):