Remove pointless variable.

Author: coderanger

chef/api.py

@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         del api_stack_value()[-1]
 
     def _request(self, method, url, data, headers):
-        request = requests.api.request(method, url, headers=headers, data=data, verify=self.ssl_verify)
-        return request
+        return requests.api.request(method, url, headers=headers, data=data, verify=self.ssl_verify)
 
     def request(self, method, path, headers={}, data=None):
         auth_headers = sign_request(key=self.key, http_method=method,