diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_ses/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aws/aws_ses/tasks/main.yml
index ffa4bba50..346c3c476 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_ses/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_ses/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     identity: "{{ _ses_domain }}"
     state: present
     region: "{{ _aws_region }}"
+  delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Gather AWS account ID if it isn't already set.
   amazon.aws.aws_caller_info:
diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_ses/templates/fetch_account_id.py.j2 b/roles/aws/aws_ses/templates/fetch_account_id.py.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de519679..000000000
--- a/roles/aws/aws_ses/templates/fetch_account_id.py.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/home/controller/ansible/bin/python3
-import boto3
-import sys
-from botocore.exceptions import NoCredentialsError
-
-def get_account_id():
-    try:
-        session = boto3.Session()
-        sts_client = session.client('sts')
-        response = sts_client.get_caller_identity()
-        return response['Account']
-    except NoCredentialsError:
-        print("Could not find AWS credentials.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    account_id = get_account_id()
-    print(account_id)