argparse already does this if passed None

webservice/job_monitor.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import argparse
 import json
 import locale
 import logging
-import sys
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -197,9 +196,6 @@ def update_job_db(config):
 
 
 def main(argv=None):
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv[1:]
-
     # Ensure files are opened as UTF-8 by default, regardless of environment.
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, ('en_US', 'UTF-8'))