diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/facts-pkg-mgr-rhel.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/facts-pkg-mgr-rhel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d6ccb767e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/facts-pkg-mgr-rhel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - facts - ensure that the default package manager for RHEL < 8 is yum, and dnf for newer
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/pkg_mgr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/pkg_mgr.py
index e40c5e028bc..a7dec44457c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/pkg_mgr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/pkg_mgr.py
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ class PkgMgrFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
                 # If there's some new magical Fedora version in the future,
                 # just default to dnf
                 pkg_mgr_name = 'dnf'
+        else:
+            # If it's not Fedora and it's Red Hat family of distros, assume RHEL
+            # or a clone. For versions of RHEL < 8 that Ansible supports, the
+            # vendor supported official package manager is 'yum' and in RHEL 8+
+            # (as far as we know at the time of this writing) it is 'dnf'.
+            # If anyone wants to force a non-official package manager then they
+            # can define a provider to either the package or yum action plugins.
+            if int(collected_facts['ansible_distribution_major_version']) < 8:
+                pkg_mgr_name = 'yum'
+            else:
+                pkg_mgr_name = 'dnf'
         return pkg_mgr_name
 
     def _check_apt_flavor(self, pkg_mgr_name):
@@ -107,11 +118,10 @@ class PkgMgrFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
                 pkg_mgr_name = pkg['name']
 
         # Handle distro family defaults when more than one package manager is
-        # installed, the ansible_fact entry should be the default package
-        # manager provided by the distro.
+        # installed or available to the distro, the ansible_fact entry should be
+        # the default package manager officially supported by the distro.
         if collected_facts['ansible_os_family'] == "RedHat":
-            if pkg_mgr_name not in ('yum', 'dnf'):
-                pkg_mgr_name = self._check_rh_versions(pkg_mgr_name, collected_facts)
+            pkg_mgr_name = self._check_rh_versions(pkg_mgr_name, collected_facts)
         elif collected_facts['ansible_os_family'] == 'Debian' and pkg_mgr_name != 'apt':
             # It's possible to install yum, dnf, zypper, rpm, etc inside of
             # Debian. Doing so does not mean the system wants to use them.
@@ -124,11 +134,5 @@ class PkgMgrFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
         if pkg_mgr_name == 'apt':
             pkg_mgr_name = self._check_apt_flavor(pkg_mgr_name)
 
-        # pacman has become available by distros other than those that are Arch
-        # based by virtue of a dependency to the systemd mkosi project, this
-        # handles some of those scenarios as they are reported/requested
-        if pkg_mgr_name == 'pacman' and collected_facts['ansible_os_family'] in ["RedHat"]:
-            pkg_mgr_name = self._check_rh_versions(collected_facts)
-
         facts_dict['pkg_mgr'] = pkg_mgr_name
         return facts_dict