diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 83f0f4765ca..02f30d4b597 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -412,26 +412,22 @@ class ActionBase:
         debug("done with _execute_module (%s, %s)" % (module_name, module_args))
         return data
 
-    def _low_level_execute_command(self, cmd, tmp, sudoable=True, in_data=None):
+    def _low_level_execute_command(self, cmd, tmp, sudoable=True, in_data=None, executable=None):
         '''
         This is the function which executes the low level shell command, which
         may be commands to create/remove directories for temporary files, or to
         run the module code or python directly when pipelining.
         '''
 
+        if executable is not None:
+            cmd = executable + ' -c ' + cmd
+
         debug("in _low_level_execute_command() (%s)" % (cmd,))
         if not cmd:
             # this can happen with powershell modules when there is no analog to a Windows command (like chmod)
             debug("no command, exiting _low_level_execute_command()")
             return dict(stdout='', stderr='')
 
-        #FIXME: disabled as this should happen in the connection plugin, verify before removing
-        #prompt      = None
-        #success_key = None
-        #
-        #if sudoable:
-        #    cmd, prompt, success_key = self._connection_info.make_become_cmd(cmd)
-
         debug("executing the command %s through the connection" % cmd)
         rc, stdin, stdout, stderr = self._connection.exec_command(cmd, tmp, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
         debug("command execution done")