diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 5e0f34599a..a93a76c250 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         # if this task is a IncludeRole, we just return now with a success code so the main thread can expand the task list for the given host
         elif self._task.action == 'include_role':
             include_variables = self._task.args.copy()
-            return dict(include_role=self._task, include_variables=include_variables)
+            return dict(include_variables=include_variables)
 
         # Now we do final validation on the task, which sets all fields to their final values.
         self._task.post_validate(templar=templar)