diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
index 9a984f03a5e..7f11dfda2f3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         dest    = self._task.args.get('dest', None)
         raw     = boolean(self._task.args.get('raw', 'no'))
         force   = boolean(self._task.args.get('force', 'yes'))
-        faf     = task_vars.get('first_available_file', None)
+        faf     = self._task.first_available_file
 
         if (source is None and content is None and faf is None) or dest is None:
             return dict(failed=True, msg="src (or content) and dest are required")
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
index b8346cb6f9e..c13dc32b8a7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         source = self._task.args.get('src', None)
         dest   = self._task.args.get('dest', None)
-        faf     = task_vars.get('first_available_file', None)
+        faf    = self._task.first_available_file
 
         if (source is None and faf is not None) or dest is None:
             return dict(failed=True, msg="src and dest are required")
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
index a35b93d9d92..acb6ae91340 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 - name: check what python version ansible is running on
   command: python -c 'import distutils.sysconfig ; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_version())'
   register: pyver
-  delegate_to: localhost
+  #delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: copy known good into place
   copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo.txt