diff --git a/lib/less/index.js b/lib/less/index.js
index 64dbc5b..9547ad8 100644
--- a/lib/less/index.js
+++ b/lib/less/index.js
@@ -99,24 +99,16 @@ less.Parser.importer = function (file, paths, callback) {
     }
 
     if (pathname) {
-        fs.stat(pathname, function (e, stats) {
-            if (e) sys.error(e);
+        fs.readFile(pathname, 'utf-8', function(e, data) {
+          if (e) sys.error(e);
 
-            fs.open(pathname, process.O_RDONLY, stats.mode, function (e, fd) {
-                if (e) sys.error(e);
-
-                fs.read(fd, stats.size, 0, "utf8", function (e, data) {
-                    if (e) sys.error(e);
-
-                    new(less.Parser)({
-                        paths: [path.dirname(pathname)],
-                        filename: pathname
-                    }).parse(data, function (e, root) {
-                        if (e) less.writeError(e);
-                        callback(root);
-                    });
-                });
-            });
+          new(less.Parser)({
+              paths: [path.dirname(pathname)],
+              filename: pathname
+          }).parse(data, function (e, root) {
+              if (e) less.writeError(e);
+              callback(root);
+          });
         });
     } else {
         sys.error("file '" + file + "' wasn't found.\n");