diff --git a/v2/ansible/executor/module_common.py b/v2/ansible/executor/module_common.py
index e438099295..ade1a3b064 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/executor/module_common.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/executor/module_common.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ class ModuleReplacer(object):
 
             # these strings should be part of the 'basic' snippet which is required to be included
             module_data = module_data.replace(REPLACER_VERSION, repr(__version__))
-            module_data = module_data.replace(REPLACER_ARGS, "''")
             module_data = module_data.replace(REPLACER_COMPLEX, encoded_args)
 
             # FIXME: we're not passing around an inject dictionary anymore, so
diff --git a/v2/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/v2/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 512e78ddfc..acaa370437 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 ANSIBLE_VERSION = "<<ANSIBLE_VERSION>>"
 
-MODULE_ARGS = "<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS>>"
+MODULE_ARGS = ""
 MODULE_COMPLEX_ARGS = "<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMPLEX_ARGS>>"
 
 BOOLEANS_TRUE = ['yes', 'on', '1', 'true', 1]