diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index 508fe93de18..8e221ad9e75 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -797,11 +797,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
             if self.selinux_enabled():
                 context = self.selinux_default_context(dest)
                 self.set_context_if_different(src, context, False)
-        try:
-            shutil.copy2(src, dest)
-        except shutil.Error, e:
-            self.fail_json(msg='Could not atomic_replace file: %s to %s: %s' % (src, dest, e))
-            
+        os.rename(src, dest)
 
     def run_command(self, args, check_rc=False, close_fds=False, executable=None, data=None):
         '''