diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index f6a914097c3..b838b465dad 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -538,8 +538,10 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         if rc is None:
             rc = 0
 
-        display.debug("_low_level_execute_command() done: rc=%d, stdout=%s, stderr=%s" % (rc, stdout, stderr))
+        # be sure to remove the BECOME-SUCCESS message now
+        out = self._strip_success_message(out)
 
+        display.debug("_low_level_execute_command() done: rc=%d, stdout=%s, stderr=%s" % (rc, stdout, stderr))
         return dict(rc=rc, stdout=out, stdout_lines=out.splitlines(), stderr=err)
 
     def _get_first_available_file(self, faf, of=None, searchdir='files'):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
index 5e04f37ff12..8a7175aeb86 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
@@ -75,8 +75,4 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         result['changed'] = True
 
-        # be sure to strip out the BECOME-SUCCESS message, which may
-        # be there depending on the output of the module
-        result['stdout'] = self._strip_success_message(result.get('stdout', ''))
-
         return result
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/raw.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/raw.py
index c9718db4135..a76e6d6c3c2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/raw.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/raw.py
@@ -37,9 +37,4 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         executable = self._task.args.get('executable')
         result.update(self._low_level_execute_command(self._task.args.get('_raw_params'), executable=executable))
 
-        # for some modules (script, raw), the sudo success key
-        # may leak into the stdout due to the way the sudo/su
-        # command is constructed, so we filter that out here
-        result['stdout'] = self._strip_success_message(result.get('stdout', ''))
-
         return result
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index f1ff2703efa..5b0f324dfcf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and not C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES:
             self._remove_tmp_path(tmp)
 
-        result['stdout'] = self._strip_success_message(result.get('stdout', ''))
         result['changed'] = True
 
         return result