diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nxos/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nxos/nxos.py
index 52718283a3..cebde4853a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nxos/nxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nxos/nxos.py
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ class Cli:
         msgs = []
         try:
             responses = connection.edit_config(config)
-            out = json.loads(responses)[1:-1]
-            msg = out
+            msg = json.loads(responses)
         except ConnectionError as e:
             code = getattr(e, 'code', 1)
             message = getattr(e, 'err', e)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/nxos.py
index 5172ac751c..6c3a756555 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/nxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/nxos.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import ConnectionError
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import to_list
 from ansible.plugins.cliconf import CliconfBase
 from ansible.plugins.connection.network_cli import Connection as NetworkCli
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
         responses = []
         for cmd in chain(['configure'], to_list(command), ['end']):
             responses.append(self.send_command(cmd))
-
-        return json.dumps(responses)
+        resp = responses[1:-1]
+        return json.dumps(resp)
 
     def get(self, command, prompt=None, answer=None, sendonly=False):
         return self.send_command(command, prompt=prompt, answer=answer, sendonly=sendonly)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/nxos.py
index 13385da58f..2aee30ccfb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/nxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/nxos.py
@@ -80,8 +80,15 @@ class HttpApi:
 
     # Migrated from module_utils
     def edit_config(self, command):
+        resp = list()
         responses = self.send_request(command, output='config')
-        return json.dumps(responses)
+        for response in to_list(responses):
+            if response != '{}':
+                resp.append(response)
+        if not resp:
+            resp = ['']
+
+        return json.dumps(resp)
 
     def run_commands(self, commands, check_rc=True):
         """Runs list of commands on remote device and returns results