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 *