diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 35ae8e587df..14ffce67ff4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class ActionBase(ABC):
 
         # interpreter discovery state
         self._discovered_interpreter_key = None
+        self._delegate_discovered_interpreter_key = None
         self._discovered_interpreter = False
         self._discovery_deprecation_warnings = []
         self._discovery_warnings = []
@@ -327,6 +328,8 @@ class ActionBase(ABC):
                     # preserve this so _execute_module can propagate back to controller as a fact
                     self._discovered_interpreter_key = discovered_key
                 else:
+                    # allow action plugins to rediscover the delegate_to interpreter
+                    self._delegate_discovered_interpreter_key = discovered_key
                     task_vars['ansible_delegated_vars'][self._task.delegate_to]['ansible_facts'][discovered_key] = self._discovered_interpreter
 
         return (module_style, module_shebang, module_data, module_path)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/wait_for_connection.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/wait_for_connection.py
index 9eb3fac975e..81416327fe0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/wait_for_connection.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/wait_for_connection.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             # re-run interpreter discovery if we ran it in the first iteration
             if self._discovered_interpreter_key:
                 task_vars['ansible_facts'].pop(self._discovered_interpreter_key, None)
+            elif self._task.delegate_to and self._delegate_discovered_interpreter_key:
+                task_vars['ansible_delegated_vars'][self._task.delegate_to]['ansible_facts'].pop(self._delegate_discovered_interpreter_key)
             # call connection reset between runs if it's there
             try:
                 self._connection.reset()