diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyDefUseUtil.java b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyDefUseUtil.java
index 0e98dbedc4d9..45f21cf63b6e 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyDefUseUtil.java
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyDefUseUtil.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.QualifiedName;
-import com.jetbrains.python.PyLanguageFacadeKt;
 import com.jetbrains.python.codeInsight.controlflow.*;
 import com.jetbrains.python.codeInsight.dataflow.scope.ScopeUtil;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.*;
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ public final class PyDefUseUtil {
 
     QualifiedName varQname = QualifiedName.fromDottedString(varName);
 
-    LanguageLevel languageLevel = PyLanguageFacadeKt.getEffectiveLanguageLevel(anchor.getContainingFile());
     final Collection<Instruction> result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
     final HashMap<PyCallSiteExpression, ConditionalInstruction> pendingTypeGuard = new HashMap<>();
     final Ref<@NotNull Boolean> foundPrefixWrite = Ref.create(false);