diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
index 93723c8447c..a48860a6431 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                    dest, task_vars, follow):
         decrypt = boolean(self._task.args.get('decrypt', True), strict=False)
         force = boolean(self._task.args.get('force', 'yes'), strict=False)
-        raw = boolean(self._task.args.get('raw', 'no'), strict=False)
 
         result = {}
         result['diff'] = []
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         if local_checksum != dest_status['checksum']:
             # The checksums don't match and we will change or error out.
 
-            if self._task.diff and not raw:
+            if self._task.diff:
                 result['diff'].append(self._get_diff_data(dest_file, source_full, task_vars, content))
 
             if self._task.check_mode:
@@ -299,12 +298,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             if suffix:
                 tmp_src += suffix
 
-            remote_path = None
-
-            if not raw:
-                remote_path = self._transfer_file(source_full, tmp_src)
-            else:
-                self._transfer_file(source_full, dest_file)
+            remote_path = self._transfer_file(source_full, tmp_src)
 
             # We have copied the file remotely and no longer require our content_tempfile
             self._remove_tempfile_if_content_defined(content, content_tempfile)
@@ -318,12 +312,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             if remote_path:
                 self._fixup_perms2((self._connection._shell.tmpdir, remote_path), execute=False)
 
-            if raw:
-                # Continue to next iteration if raw is defined.
-                return None
-
             # Run the copy module
-
             # src and dest here come after original and override them
             # we pass dest only to make sure it includes trailing slash in case of recursive copy
             new_module_args = _create_remote_copy_args(self._task.args)
@@ -349,9 +338,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             self._remove_tempfile_if_content_defined(content, content_tempfile)
             self._loader.cleanup_tmp_file(source_full)
 
-            if raw:
-                return None
-
             # Fix for https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/1568.
             # If checksums match, and follow = True, find out if 'dest' is a link. If so,
             # change it to point to the source of the link.