diff --git a/messaging/rabbitmq_policy b/messaging/rabbitmq_policy
index 52237f7f234..800c3822d55 100644
--- a/messaging/rabbitmq_policy
+++ b/messaging/rabbitmq_policy
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, name=name, state=state)
 
-# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
-#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 main()