diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
index f4cf69a5..80393c84 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
@@ -507,11 +507,6 @@ class Connection(ansible.plugins.connection.ConnectionBase):
     # we need it to be an object with the value of "_finding_python_interpreter" in case we aren't
     # running interpreter discovery fully
     _action = type(str('actionTemp'), (object,), {'_finding_python_interpreter': False})
-    # redeclaring interpreter discovery vars here in case running ansible < 2.8.0
-    _discovered_interpreter_key = None
-    _discovered_interpreter = False
-    _discovery_deprecation_warnings = []
-    _discovery_warnings = []
 
     def __del__(self):
         """
diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
index fd90bb78..7c2d7975 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         # required for python interpreter discovery
         connection.templar = self._templar
         self._finding_python_interpreter = False
+        # redeclaring interpreter discovery vars here in case running ansible < 2.8.0
+        self._discovered_interpreter_key = None
+        self._discovered_interpreter = False
+        self._discovery_deprecation_warnings = []
+        self._discovery_warnings = []
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         """