diff --git a/system/ping b/system/ping
index e0ff5f2bbad..69507111aec 100644
--- a/system/ping
+++ b/system/ping
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ def main():
         result['ping'] = module.params['data']
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-### boilerplate: import common module snippets here
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-
-### invoke the module
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
 main()
 
diff --git a/system/service b/system/service
index 63f681f6ace..fb9364c24f5 100644
--- a/system/service
+++ b/system/service
@@ -1205,11 +1205,7 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-### boilerplate: import common module snippets here
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
 
-### invoke the module
 main()
-
-
-