diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
index 9320a23ed9b..1cb8fa043c4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class PlayContext(Base):
                 if self.become_user:
                     flags += ' -u %s ' % self.become_user
 
-                becomecmd = '%s %s echo %s && %s %s env ANSIBLE=true %s' % (exe, flags, success_key, exe, flags, cmd)
+                becomecmd = '%s %s %s -c %s' % (exe, flags, executable, success_cmd)
 
             else:
                 raise AnsibleError("Privilege escalation method not found: %s" % self.become_method)
diff --git a/test/units/playbook/test_play_context.py b/test/units/playbook/test_play_context.py
index 5434ef30004..844fe87a6bd 100644
--- a/test/units/playbook/test_play_context.py
+++ b/test/units/playbook/test_play_context.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class TestPlayContext(unittest.TestCase):
 
         play_context.become_method = 'doas'
         cmd = play_context.make_become_cmd(cmd=default_cmd, executable="/bin/bash")
-        self.assertEqual(cmd, """%s -c '%s %s echo %s && %s %s env ANSIBLE=true %s'""" % (default_exe, doas_exe, doas_flags, play_context.success_key, doas_exe, doas_flags, default_cmd))
+        self.assertEqual(cmd, """%s -c '%s %s %s -c '"'"'echo %s; %s'"'"''""" % (default_exe, doas_exe, doas_flags, default_exe, play_context.success_key, default_cmd))
 
         play_context.become_method = 'bad'
         self.assertRaises(AnsibleError, play_context.make_become_cmd, cmd=default_cmd, executable="/bin/bash")