diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
index 2d751b500f..4969675381 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import b
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
-def assemble_from_fragments(src_path, delimiter=None, compiled_regexp=None, ignore_hidden=False, tmpdir=None):
+def assemble_from_fragments(src_path, delimiter=None, compiled_regexp=None, ignore_hidden=False):
     ''' assemble a file from a directory of fragments '''
-    tmpfd, temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmpdir)
+    tmpfd, temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
     tmp = os.fdopen(tmpfd, 'wb')
     delimit_me = False
     add_newline = False
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def main():
     if validate and "%s" not in validate:
         module.fail_json(msg="validate must contain %%s: %s" % validate)
 
-    path = assemble_from_fragments(src, delimiter, compiled_regexp, ignore_hidden, getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None))
+    path = assemble_from_fragments(src, delimiter, compiled_regexp, ignore_hidden)
     path_hash = module.sha1(path)
     result['checksum'] = path_hash
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
index 4022a8df49..27dfa2ef2b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/blockinfile.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 
 def write_changes(module, contents, path):
 
-    tmpfd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None))
+    tmpfd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
     f = os.fdopen(tmpfd, 'wb')
     f.write(contents)
     f.close()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/replace.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/replace.py
index c5f6026a3f..1a652b6b45 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/replace.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/replace.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 def write_changes(module, contents, path):
 
-    tmpfd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None))
+    tmpfd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
     f = os.fdopen(tmpfd, 'wb')
     f.write(contents)
     f.close()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
index 4ead3f11eb..89c69994ed 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ options:
   tmp_dest:
     description:
       - Absolute path of where temporary file is downloaded to.
-      - When run on Ansible 2.5 or greater, path defaults to ansible's remote_tmp setting
-      - When run on Ansible prior to 2.5, it defaults to C(TMPDIR), C(TEMP) or C(TMP) env variables or a platform specific value.
+      - Defaults to C(TMPDIR), C(TEMP) or C(TMP) env variables or a platform specific value.
       - U(https://docs.python.org/2/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.tempdir)
     version_added: '2.1'
   force:
@@ -341,17 +340,18 @@ def url_get(module, url, dest, use_proxy, last_mod_time, force, timeout=10, head
                 module.fail_json(msg="%s is a file but should be a directory." % tmp_dest)
             else:
                 module.fail_json(msg="%s directory does not exist." % tmp_dest)
-    else:
-        tmp_dest = getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None)
 
-    fd, tempname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmp_dest)
+        fd, tempname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmp_dest)
+    else:
+        fd, tempname = tempfile.mkstemp()
 
     f = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb')
     try:
         shutil.copyfileobj(rsp, f)
     except Exception as e:
         os.remove(tempname)
-        module.fail_json(msg="failed to create temporary content file: %s" % to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
+        module.fail_json(msg="failed to create temporary content file: %s" % to_native(e),
+                         exception=traceback.format_exc())
     f.close()
     rsp.close()
     return tempname, info
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
index 4220eb1c59..b7e8bcff8f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ JSON_CANDIDATES = ('text', 'json', 'javascript')
 
 def write_file(module, url, dest, content):
     # create a tempfile with some test content
-    fd, tmpsrc = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None))
+    fd, tmpsrc = tempfile.mkstemp()
     f = open(tmpsrc, 'wb')
     try:
         f.write(content)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
index cb2b1d595c..59ed37c89a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def ensure_yum_utils(module):
 def fetch_rpm_from_url(spec, module=None):
     # download package so that we can query it
     package_name, _ = os.path.splitext(str(spec.rsplit('/', 1)[1]))
-    package_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=getattr(module, 'tmpdir', None), prefix=package_name, suffix='.rpm', delete=False)
+    package_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix=package_name, suffix='.rpm', delete=False)
     module.add_cleanup_file(package_file.name)
     try:
         rsp, info = fetch_url(module, spec)