diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index c65b07937bb..510a4489cae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ class Runner(object):
             # We aren't iterating over all the hosts in this
             # group. So, just pick the first host in our group to
             # construct the conn object with.
-            result_data = self._executor(hosts[0][1]).result
+            result_data = self._executor(hosts[0]).result
             # Create a ResultData item for each host in this group
             # using the returned result. If we didn't do this we would
             # get false reports of dark hosts.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/pause.py b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/pause.py
index 2a7c6708683..6c9f732bd6c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/pause.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/pause.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ActionModule(object):
 
     def run(self, conn, tmp, module_name, module_args, inject):
         ''' run the pause actionmodule '''
-        hosts = ', '.join(map(lambda x: x[1], self.runner.host_set))
+        hosts = ', '.join(self.runner.host_set)
         args = parse_kv(template(self.runner.basedir, module_args, inject))
 
         # Are 'minutes' or 'seconds' keys that exist in 'args'?