diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/honor_trash_output_when_not_using_queue-f7c5a3051f5b90cc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/honor_trash_output_when_not_using_queue-f7c5a3051f5b90cc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e1007862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/honor_trash_output_when_not_using_queue-f7c5a3051f5b90cc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Previously, trash_output was not honored if a queue was not being used to
+    post messages.  The behavior has changed so that trash_output will be
+    honored even if a queue is not being used, and all stdout/stderr will be
+    discarded.
diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 329240515..3e9d490c1 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
                 *command, cwd=self.work_dir,
                 env_variables=env_variables,
                 log_errors=processutils.LogErrors.ALL)
+            if self.trash_output:
+                stdout = ""
+                stderr = ""
             return {"stderr": stderr, "stdout": stdout,
                     "log_path": os.path.join(self.work_dir, 'ansible.log')}
         finally: