diff --git a/jsonschema/validators.py b/jsonschema/validators.py
index 28f2f6f8f..f05a6c9f5 100644
--- a/jsonschema/validators.py
+++ b/jsonschema/validators.py
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ def resolve_remote(self, uri):
                 result = requests.get(uri).json
         else:
             # Otherwise, pass off to urllib and assume utf-8
-            with urlopen(uri) as url:
-                result = json.loads(url.read().decode("utf-8"))
+            url = urlopen(uri)
+            result = json.loads(url.read().decode("utf-8"))
 
         if self.cache_remote:
             self.store[uri] = result