diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vsphere_guest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vsphere_guest.py
index 4c77b50bde..2dd07e6551 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vsphere_guest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vsphere_guest.py
@@ -1250,8 +1250,7 @@ def main():
                 'vm_hardware',
                 'esxi'
             ],
-            ['resource_pool', 'cluster'],
-            ['from_template', 'resource_pool', 'template_src'],
+            ['from_template', 'template_src'],
         ],
     )