diff --git a/notification/irc b/notification/irc
index 56340d9a162..84a0a71c009 100644
--- a/notification/irc
+++ b/notification/irc
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ def main():
     except Exception, e:
         module.fail_json(msg="unable to send to IRC: %s" % e)
 
-    changed = True
-    module.exit_json(changed=changed, channel=channel, nick=nick,
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, channel=channel, nick=nick,
                      msg=msg)
 
 # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
diff --git a/notification/mqtt b/notification/mqtt
index 7ac687a2fe3..e30ed4c59c6 100644
--- a/notification/mqtt
+++ b/notification/mqtt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def main():
     except Exception, e:
         module.fail_json(msg="unable to publish to MQTT broker %s" % (e))
 
-    module.exit_json(changed=True, topic=topic)
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, topic=topic)
 
 # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
 #<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>