diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove_key_from_vars.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove_key_from_vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb5e4416b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove_key_from_vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- bugfixes:
+    - disambiguate keywords from variables in include_role https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38968
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/included_file.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/included_file.py
index 55686199ac3..548e4ffde6a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/included_file.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/included_file.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class IncludedFile:
                         inc_file = IncludedFile(include_file, include_variables, original_task)
                     else:
                         # template the included role's name here
-                        role_name = include_variables.get('name', include_variables.get('role', None))
+                        role_name = include_variables.pop('name', include_variables.pop('role', None))
                         if role_name is not None:
                             role_name = templar.template(role_name)
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class IncludedFile:
                         for from_arg in new_task.FROM_ARGS:
                             if from_arg in include_variables:
                                 from_key = from_arg.replace('_from', '')
-                                new_task._from_files[from_key] = templar.template(include_variables[from_arg])
+                                new_task._from_files[from_key] = templar.template(include_variables.pop(from_arg))
 
                         inc_file = IncludedFile("role", include_variables, new_task, is_role=True)