diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
index f0a7350954e..012cd4695a0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ class Task(Base, Conditional, Taggable, Become):
         if self._task_include:
             all_vars.update(self._task_include.get_vars())
 
-        if isinstance(self.args, dict):
-            all_vars.update(self.args)
+        #if isinstance(self.args, dict):
+        #    all_vars.update(self.args)
 
         if 'tags' in all_vars:
             del all_vars['tags']