diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fcfd55324..0000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2015 Peter Sprygada <psprygada@ansible.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import os
-import re
-import time
-import glob
-
-from ansible.plugins.action.normal import ActionModule as _ActionModule
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
-from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
-
-PRIVATE_KEYS_RE = re.compile('__.+__')
-
-
-class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
-
-    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-
-        if self._task.args.get('src'):
-            try:
-                self._handle_template()
-            except ValueError as exc:
-                return dict(failed=True, msg=to_text(exc))
-
-        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect
-
-        if self._task.args.get('backup') and result.get('__backup__'):
-            # User requested backup and no error occurred in module.
-            # NOTE: If there is a parameter error, _backup key may not be in results.
-            filepath = self._write_backup(task_vars['inventory_hostname'],
-                                          result['__backup__'])
-
-            result['backup_path'] = filepath
-
-        # strip out any keys that have two leading and two trailing
-        # underscore characters
-        for key in list(result):
-            if PRIVATE_KEYS_RE.match(key):
-                del result[key]
-
-        return result
-
-    def _get_working_path(self):
-        cwd = self._loader.get_basedir()
-        if self._task._role is not None:
-            cwd = self._task._role._role_path
-        return cwd
-
-    def _write_backup(self, host, contents):
-        backup_path = self._get_working_path() + '/backup'
-        if not os.path.exists(backup_path):
-            os.mkdir(backup_path)
-        for fn in glob.glob('%s/%s*' % (backup_path, host)):
-            os.remove(fn)
-        tstamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d@%H:%M:%S", time.localtime(time.time()))
-        filename = '%s/%s_config.%s' % (backup_path, host, tstamp)
-        open(filename, 'w').write(contents)
-        return filename
-
-    def _handle_template(self):
-        src = self._task.args.get('src')
-        working_path = self._get_working_path()
-
-        if os.path.isabs(src) or urlsplit('src').scheme:
-            source = src
-        else:
-            source = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(working_path, 'templates', src)
-            if not source:
-                source = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(working_path, src)
-
-        if not os.path.exists(source):
-            raise ValueError('path specified in src not found')
-
-        try:
-            with open(source, 'r') as f:
-                template_data = to_text(f.read())
-        except IOError:
-            return dict(failed=True, msg='unable to load src file')
-
-        # Create a template search path in the following order:
-        # [working_path, self_role_path, dependent_role_paths, dirname(source)]
-        searchpath = [working_path]
-        if self._task._role is not None:
-            searchpath.append(self._task._role._role_path)
-            if hasattr(self._task, "_block:"):
-                dep_chain = self._task._block.get_dep_chain()
-                if dep_chain is not None:
-                    for role in dep_chain:
-                        searchpath.append(role._role_path)
-        searchpath.append(os.path.dirname(source))
-        self._templar.environment.loader.searchpath = searchpath
-        self._task.args['src'] = self._templar.template(template_data)