diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove_pc_vars_round.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove_pc_vars_round.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2eddacfc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove_pc_vars_round.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - remove update/restore of vars from play_context as it is now redundant.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 4bb9ea31414..1366c767287 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -203,18 +203,6 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         and returns the items result.
         '''
 
-        # save the play context variables to a temporary dictionary,
-        # so that we can modify the job vars without doing a full copy
-        # and later restore them to avoid modifying things too early
-        play_context_vars = dict()
-        self._play_context.update_vars(play_context_vars)
-
-        old_vars = dict()
-        for k in play_context_vars:
-            if k in self._job_vars:
-                old_vars[k] = self._job_vars[k]
-            self._job_vars[k] = play_context_vars[k]
-
         # get search path for this task to pass to lookup plugins
         self._job_vars['ansible_search_path'] = self._task.get_search_path()
 
@@ -264,15 +252,6 @@ class TaskExecutor:
                     " try adding wantlist=True to your lookup invocation or use q/query instead of lookup." % items
                 )
 
-        # now we restore any old job variables that may have been modified,
-        # and delete them if they were in the play context vars but not in
-        # the old variables dictionary
-        for k in play_context_vars:
-            if k in old_vars:
-                self._job_vars[k] = old_vars[k]
-            else:
-                del self._job_vars[k]
-
         return items
 
     def _run_loop(self, items):