diff --git a/cloud/google/gce_img.py b/cloud/google/gce_img.py
index 5775a94794d..a4a55c16dec 100644
--- a/cloud/google/gce_img.py
+++ b/cloud/google/gce_img.py
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ def main():
     changed = delete_image(gce, name, module)
 
   module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name)
-  sys.exit(0)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
diff --git a/cloud/google/gce_tag.py b/cloud/google/gce_tag.py
index 186f570b3f1..4f60f58f760 100644
--- a/cloud/google/gce_tag.py
+++ b/cloud/google/gce_tag.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ def main():
         changed, tags_changed = remove_tags(gce, module, instance_name, tags)
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, instance_name=instance_name, tags=tags_changed, zone=zone)
-    sys.exit(0)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
diff --git a/cloud/misc/ovirt.py b/cloud/misc/ovirt.py
index 6e8f3281dc5..10f8e5c0a44 100644
--- a/cloud/misc/ovirt.py
+++ b/cloud/misc/ovirt.py
@@ -207,14 +207,13 @@ action: ovirt >
 
 
 '''
-import sys
 
 try:
     from ovirtsdk.api import API
     from ovirtsdk.xml import params
+    HAS_OVIRTSDK = True
 except ImportError:
-    print "failed=True msg='ovirtsdk required for this module'"
-    sys.exit(1)
+    HAS_OVIRTSDK = False
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # create connection with API
@@ -224,8 +223,7 @@ def conn(url, user, password):
     try:
         value = api.test()
     except:
-        print "error connecting to the oVirt API"
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise Exception("error connecting to the oVirt API")
     return api
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@@ -253,17 +251,16 @@ def create_vm(conn, vmtype, vmname, zone, vmdisk_size, vmcpus, vmnic, vmnetwork,
     try:
         conn.vms.add(vmparams)
     except:
-        print "Error creating VM with specified parameters"
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise Exception("Error creating VM with specified parameters")
     vm = conn.vms.get(name=vmname)
     try:
         vm.disks.add(vmdisk)
     except:
-        print "Error attaching disk"
+        raise Exception("Error attaching disk")
     try:
         vm.nics.add(nic_net1)
     except:
-        print "Error adding nic"
+        raise Exception("Error adding nic")
 
 
 # create an instance from a template
@@ -272,8 +269,7 @@ def create_vm_template(conn, vmname, image, zone):
     try:
         conn.vms.add(vmparams)
     except:
-        print 'error adding template %s' % image
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise Exception('error adding template %s' % image)
 
 
 # start instance
@@ -356,6 +352,9 @@ def main():
         )
     )
 
+    if not HAS_OVIRTSDK:
+        module.fail_json(msg='ovirtsdk required for this module')
+
     state         = module.params['state']
     user          = module.params['user']
     url           = module.params['url']
@@ -377,16 +376,25 @@ def main():
     sdomain       = module.params['sdomain']            # storage domain to store disk on
     region        = module.params['region']             # oVirt Datacenter
     #initialize connection
-    c = conn(url+"/api", user, password)
+    try:
+        c = conn(url+"/api", user, password)
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e)
 
     if state == 'present':
         if get_vm(c, vmname) == "empty":
             if resource_type == 'template':
-                create_vm_template(c, vmname, image, zone)
+                try:
+                    create_vm_template(c, vmname, image, zone)
+                except Exception, e:
+                    module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e)
                 module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="deployed VM %s from template %s"  % (vmname,image))
             elif resource_type == 'new':
                 # FIXME: refactor, use keyword args.
-                create_vm(c, vmtype, vmname, zone, vmdisk_size, vmcpus, vmnic, vmnetwork, vmmem, vmdisk_alloc, sdomain, vmcores, vmos, vmdisk_int)
+                try:
+                    create_vm(c, vmtype, vmname, zone, vmdisk_size, vmcpus, vmnic, vmnetwork, vmmem, vmdisk_alloc, sdomain, vmcores, vmos, vmdisk_int)
+                except Exception, e:
+                    module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e)
                 module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="deployed VM %s from scratch"  % vmname)
             else:
                 module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="You did not specify a resource type")
diff --git a/cloud/xenserver_facts.py b/cloud/xenserver_facts.py
index 149030925f9..d679afce853 100644
--- a/cloud/xenserver_facts.py
+++ b/cloud/xenserver_facts.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ author:
 '''
 
 import platform
-import sys
 import XenAPI
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -75,12 +74,9 @@ class XenServerFacts:
 
 
 def get_xenapi_session():
-    try:
-        session = XenAPI.xapi_local()
-        session.xenapi.login_with_password('', '')
-        return session
-    except XenAPI.Failure:
-        sys.exit(1)
+    session = XenAPI.xapi_local()
+    session.xenapi.login_with_password('', '')
+    return session
 
 
 def get_networks(session):
@@ -163,8 +159,10 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule({})
 
     obj = XenServerFacts()
-    session = get_xenapi_session()
-
+    try:
+        session = get_xenapi_session()
+    except XenAPI.Failure, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e)
 
     data = {
         'xenserver_version': obj.version,
diff --git a/notification/mail.py b/notification/mail.py
index 8be9a589cbf..e63a9536996 100644
--- a/notification/mail.py
+++ b/notification/mail.py
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ def main():
                 msg.attach(part)
             except Exception, e:
                 module.fail_json(rc=1, msg="Failed to send mail: can't attach file %s: %s" % (file, e))
-                sys.exit()
 
     composed = msg.as_string()
 
diff --git a/system/capabilities.py b/system/capabilities.py
index ce8ffcfa632..aa0785f6f62 100644
--- a/system/capabilities.py
+++ b/system/capabilities.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def main():
 
     CapabilitiesModule(module)
 
-    sys.exit(0)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *