diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
index e26ae15208..e40d408d73 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ class Vultr:
         self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not find %s with %s: %s" % (resource, key, value))
 
     def normalize_result(self, resource):
+        fields_to_remove = set(resource.keys()) - set(self.returns.keys())
+        for field in fields_to_remove:
+            resource.pop(field)
+
         for search_key, config in self.returns.items():
             if search_key in resource:
                 if 'convert_to' in config:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vultr_startup_script.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vultr_startup_script.py
index fd94597e9e..95af6a9c57 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vultr_startup_script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vultr_startup_script.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class AnsibleVultrStartupScript(Vultr):
         self.returns = {
             'SCRIPTID': dict(key='id'),
             'type': dict(key='script_type'),
-            'name': dict(key='name'),
+            'name': dict(),
             'script': dict(),
             'date_created': dict(),
             'date_modified': dict(),