diff --git a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
index 4f13b0653cb..0dae5092876 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ def _post_process(self, stdout, mark_begin):
         stdout = stdout[:stdout.rfind(mark_begin)]  # fmt: skip
 
         # If the return code contains #CLIXML (like a progress bar) remove it
-        # clixml_filter = re.compile(r"#<\sCLIXML\s<Objs.*</Objs>")
-        # stdout = clixml_filter.sub("", stdout)
+        clixml_filter = re.compile(r"#<\sCLIXML\s<Objs.*</Objs>")
+        stdout = clixml_filter.sub("", stdout)
 
         # If it looks like JSON remove any newlines
         if stdout.startswith("{"):