@@ -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

@@ -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()

@@ -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()

@@ -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

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ 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)

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ 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)