diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4281-terraform-complex-variables.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4281-terraform-complex-variables.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92538791f08..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4281-terraform-complex-variables.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - terraform - fix ``variable`` handling to allow complex values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4281).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
index 310dd77c8e1..8eca14e712c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ def main():
     for k, v in variables.items():
         variables_args.extend([
             '-var',
-            '{0}={1}'.format(k, json.dumps(v))
+            '{0}={1}'.format(k, v)
         ])
     if variables_files:
         for f in variables_files: