diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/capabilities.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/capabilities.py
index ce8ffcfa63..aa0785f6f6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/capabilities.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/capabilities.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def main():
 
     CapabilitiesModule(module)
 
-    sys.exit(0)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *