"validate_certs" arg with ansible 2.2 and vmware module not skipping cert validation

[broncomz1]

I've see several discussions where the "validate_certs" arg should work (was fixed, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/issues/2757 for example) in order to use self-signed certificates and skip cert validation in ansible 2.2, however I'm still seeing certificate issues when setting "validate_certs=false".

localhost | FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "failed": true,

    "invocation": {

        "module_args": {

            "hostname": "172.31.240.202",

            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",

            "username": "root",

            "validate_certs": false

        },

        "module_name": "vmware_vm_facts"

    },

    "msg": "[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)"

Any pointers to how to solve would be much appreciated. I may very well be doing something wrong here...new to ansible in general...

Thanks!