diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 8b7b622c37..c8def0fc59 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
         if job.use_fact_cache and not kwargs.get('isolated'):
             env['ANSIBLE_LIBRARY'] = self.get_path_to('..', 'plugins', 'library')
             env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS'] = self.get_path_to('..', 'plugins', 'fact_caching')
-            env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN'] = "tower"
+            env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN'] = "awx"
             env['ANSIBLE_FACT_CACHE_TIMEOUT'] = str(settings.ANSIBLE_FACT_CACHE_TIMEOUT)
             env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION'] = settings.CACHES['default']['LOCATION'] if 'LOCATION' in settings.CACHES['default'] else ''
         if job.project:
diff --git a/awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py b/awx/plugins/fact_caching/awx.py
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/plugins/fact_caching/tower.py
rename to awx/plugins/fact_caching/awx.py