From 5b688f82399d55ef216d11d5e651914c4aaa44ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Jenness <tjenness@lsst.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 13:20:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use config.load directly on URI.

---
 python/lsst/ci/middleware/repo_data.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/lsst/ci/middleware/repo_data.py b/python/lsst/ci/middleware/repo_data.py
index 99cdbaa..f35a9f1 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ci/middleware/repo_data.py
+++ b/python/lsst/ci/middleware/repo_data.py
@@ -487,8 +487,7 @@ def make_skymap_instance(
         Skymap object.
     """
     config = DiscreteSkyMap.ConfigClass()
-    uri = ResourcePath(uri)
-    config.loadFromString(uri.read())
+    config.load(uri)
     return DiscreteSkyMap(config)