diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
index ad2c23c0..e12ed66f 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def cryptography_get_extensions_from_cert(cert):
     try:
         # For certain old versions of cryptography, backend is a MultiBackend object,
         # which has no _lib attribute. In that case, revert to the old approach.
-        x = backend._lib
+        backend._lib
     except AttributeError:
         backend = cert._backend
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def cryptography_get_extensions_from_csr(csr):
     try:
         # For certain old versions of cryptography, backend is a MultiBackend object,
         # which has no _lib attribute. In that case, revert to the old approach.
-        x = backend._lib
+        backend._lib
     except AttributeError:
         backend = csr._backend
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def parse_pkcs12(pkcs12_bytes, passphrase=None):
         try:
             # For certain old versions of cryptography, backend is a MultiBackend object,
             # which has no _lib attribute. In that case, revert to the old approach.
-            x = backend._lib
+            backend._lib
         except AttributeError:
             backend = certificate._backend
         maybe_name = backend._lib.X509_alias_get0(certificate._x509, backend._ffi.NULL)