diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index 012872be7c5..76bbc6b8a82 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -191,12 +191,9 @@ class CLI(object):
 
         if runas_opts:
             # Check for privilege escalation conflicts
-            if (op.su or op.su_user or op.ask_su_pass) and \
-                        (op.sudo or op.sudo_user or op.ask_sudo_pass) or \
-                (op.su or op.su_user or op.ask_su_pass) and \
-                        (op.become or op.become_user or op.become_ask_pass) or \
-                (op.sudo or op.sudo_user or op.ask_sudo_pass) and \
-                        (op.become or op.become_user or op.become_ask_pass):
+            if (op.su or op.su_user) and (op.sudo or op.sudo_user) or \
+                (op.su or op.su_user) and (op.become or op.become_user) or \
+                (op.sudo or op.sudo_user) and (op.become or op.become_user):
 
                 self.parser.error("Sudo arguments ('--sudo', '--sudo-user', and '--ask-sudo-pass') "
                                   "and su arguments ('-su', '--su-user', and '--ask-su-pass') "