diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/urls.py
index 438365bc27..55e22c6d15 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/urls.py
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ def signed_request(
     if method is "GET":
         body = ""
 
-    body = body
-
     # Derived data
 
     body_hash = hexdigest(body)