From 39291d3c6008659cc761464c258e7b305d4970d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:02:03 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] keyring & keyring_info: import shlex directly (#10981)

* keyring & keyring_info: import shlex directly

* add changelog frag
---
 changelogs/fragments/10981-keyring-shlex.yml | 3 +++
 plugins/modules/keyring.py                   | 5 +----
 plugins/modules/keyring_info.py              | 5 +----
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/10981-keyring-shlex.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10981-keyring-shlex.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10981-keyring-shlex.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8034ebe55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10981-keyring-shlex.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - keyring - remove provisions for unsupported Python versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10981).
+  - keyring_info - remove provisions for unsupported Python versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10981).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/keyring.py b/plugins/modules/keyring.py
index 8805a82e09..9653ef1ad5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/keyring.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/keyring.py
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
     state: absent
 """
 
-try:
-    from shlex import quote
-except ImportError:
-    from pipes import quote
+from shlex import quote
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
diff --git a/plugins/modules/keyring_info.py b/plugins/modules/keyring_info.py
index 6ece284533..cddc2f973b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/keyring_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/keyring_info.py
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ passphrase:
   sample: Password123
 """
 
-try:
-    from shlex import quote
-except ImportError:
-    from pipes import quote
+from shlex import quote
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib