diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_fax_delegation_loops.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_fax_delegation_loops.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9e07bf1105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix_fax_delegation_loops.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - task_executor reverts the change to push facts into delegated vars on loop finalization as result managing code already handles this and was duplicating effort to wrong result.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 02be44eef5c..d027dfaeefb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -786,13 +786,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
 
         if 'ansible_facts' in result and self._task.action not in C._ACTION_DEBUG:
             if self._task.action in C._ACTION_WITH_CLEAN_FACTS:
-                if self._task.delegate_to and self._task.delegate_facts:
-                    if '_ansible_delegated_vars' in variables:
-                        variables['_ansible_delegated_vars'].update(result['ansible_facts'])
-                    else:
-                        variables['_ansible_delegated_vars'] = result['ansible_facts']
-                else:
-                    variables.update(result['ansible_facts'])
+                variables.update(result['ansible_facts'])
             else:
                 # TODO: cleaning of facts should eventually become part of taskresults instead of vars
                 af = wrap_var(result['ansible_facts'])
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/delegate_to/delegate_facts_loop.yml b/test/integration/targets/delegate_to/delegate_facts_loop.yml
index 142c82ce1ef..b05c4064025 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/delegate_to/delegate_facts_loop.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/delegate_to/delegate_facts_loop.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
         test: 123
       delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
       delegate_facts: true
-      when: test is not defined
       loop: "{{ groups['all'] | difference(['localhost']) }}"
 
     - name: ensure we didnt create it on current host
@@ -19,3 +18,23 @@
           - "'test' in hostvars[item]"
           - hostvars[item]['test'] == 123
       loop: "{{ groups['all'] | difference(['localhost'])}}"
+
+
+- name: test that we don't polute whole group with one value
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    cluster_name: bleh
+  tasks:
+  - name: construct different fact per host in loop
+    set_fact:
+      vm_name: "{{ cluster_name }}-{{item}}"
+    delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
+    delegate_facts: True
+    with_items: "{{ groups['all'] }}"
+
+  - name: ensure the fact is personalized for each host
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - hostvars[item]['vm_name'].endswith(item)
+    loop: "{{ groups['all'] }}"