diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/use-before.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/use-before.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef8bf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/use-before.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - cli_parse - Fix spurious use-before-assign.
diff --git a/plugins/action/cli_parse.py b/plugins/action/cli_parse.py
index 4106dd7..3a6a38a 100644
--- a/plugins/action/cli_parse.py
+++ b/plugins/action/cli_parse.py
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ from ansible_collections.ansible.utils.plugins.module_utils.common.argspec_valid
 from ansible_collections.ansible.utils.plugins.modules.cli_parse import DOCUMENTATION
 
 
-# python 2.7 compat for FileNotFoundError
-try:
-    FileNotFoundError
-except NameError:
-    FileNotFoundError = IOError
-
-
 ARGSPEC_CONDITIONALS = {
     "argument_spec": {"parser": {"mutually_exclusive": [["command", "template_path"]]}},
     "required_one_of": [["command", "text"]],