diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 349ba49de50..8c97988edc4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -250,14 +250,13 @@ class ActionBase:
         self._display.debug("done with chmod call")
         return res
 
-    def _remote_checksum(self, tmp, path):
+    def _remote_checksum(self, tmp, path, all_vars):
         '''
         Takes a remote checksum and returns 1 if no file
         '''
 
-        # FIXME: figure out how this will work, probably pulled from the variable manager data
-        #python_interp = inject['hostvars'][inject['inventory_hostname']].get('ansible_python_interpreter', 'python')
-        python_interp = 'python'
+        python_interp = all_vars.get('ansible_python_interpreter', 'python')
+
         cmd = self._connection._shell.checksum(path, python_interp)
         self._display.debug("calling _low_level_execute_command to get the remote checksum")
         data = self._low_level_execute_command(cmd, tmp, sudoable=True)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
index 454e28aa34e..e02f8663956 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/assemble.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         path_checksum = checksum_s(path)
         dest = self._remote_expand_user(dest, tmp)
-        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest)
+        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest, all_vars=task_vars)
 
         if path_checksum != remote_checksum:
             resultant = file(path).read()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
index 34a426f5e27..f70f67c1ba6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 dest_file = self._connection._shell.join_path(dest)
 
             # Attempt to get the remote checksum
-            remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest_file)
+            remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest_file, all_vars=task_vars)
 
             if remote_checksum == '3':
                 # The remote_checksum was executed on a directory.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 else:
                     # Append the relative source location to the destination and retry remote_checksum
                     dest_file = self._connection._shell.join_path(dest, source_rel)
-                    remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest_file)
+                    remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest_file, all_vars=task_vars)
 
             if remote_checksum != '1' and not force:
                 # remote_file does not exist so continue to next iteration.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/fetch.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/fetch.py
index 81edf65ef14..8c9a2ed16d1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/fetch.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         source = self._remote_expand_user(source, tmp)
 
         # calculate checksum for the remote file
-        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, source)
+        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, source, all_vars=task_vars)
 
         # use slurp if sudo and permissions are lacking
         remote_data = None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
index 358d7d31648..095a90f90e3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
     TRANSFERS_FILES = True
 
-    def get_checksum(self, tmp, dest, try_directory=False, source=None):
-        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest)
+    def get_checksum(self, tmp, dest, all_vars, try_directory=False, source=None):
+        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest, all_vars=all_vars)
 
         if remote_checksum in ('0', '2', '3', '4'):
             # Note: 1 means the file is not present which is fine; template
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             if try_directory and remote_checksum == '3' and source:
                 base = os.path.basename(source)
                 dest = os.path.join(dest, base)
-                remote_checksum = self.get_checksum(tmp, dest, try_directory=False)
+                remote_checksum = self.get_checksum(tmp, dest, all_vars=all_vars, try_directory=False)
                 if remote_checksum not in ('0', '2', '3', '4'):
                     return remote_checksum
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             return dict(failed=True, msg=type(e).__name__ + ": " + str(e))
 
         local_checksum = checksum_s(resultant)
-        remote_checksum = self.get_checksum(tmp, dest, not directory_prepended, source=source)
+        remote_checksum = self.get_checksum(tmp, dest, task_vars, not directory_prepended, source=source)
         if isinstance(remote_checksum, dict):
             # Error from remote_checksum is a dict.  Valid return is a str
             return remote_checksum
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
index 63ab6c549cc..d2b158021db 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/unarchive.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 else:
                     source = self._loader.path_dwim(source)
 
-        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest)
+        remote_checksum = self._remote_checksum(tmp, dest, all_vars=task_vars)
         if remote_checksum != '3':
             return dict(failed=True, msg="dest '%s' must be an existing dir" % dest)
         elif remote_checksum == '4':