diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
index d8c246b548..bbd7af3a23 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
 from ansible.module_utils.vmware import get_all_objs, connect_to_api
-from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 
 try:
     import json