diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_nat_gateway/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_nat_gateway/tasks/main.yml
index 092310be479..7cc3ea1b880 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_nat_gateway/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_nat_gateway/tasks/main.yml
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@
           - update_tags_ngw.subnet_id == subnet_id
           - '"tags" in update_tags_ngw'
           - update_tags_ngw.tags | length == 2
-          - CHECK_MODE] - update_tags_ngw.tags["tag_one"] == resource_prefix +' One'
-          - CHECK_MODE] - update_tags_ngw.tags["Tag Two"] == 'two '+ resource_prefix
+          - update_tags_ngw.tags["tag_one"] == resource_prefix +' One'
+          - update_tags_ngw.tags["Tag Two"] == 'two '+ resource_prefix
           - '"vpc_id" in update_tags_ngw'
           - update_tags_ngw.vpc_id == vpc_id
 
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@
           - second_ngw.tags | length == 2
           - '"tag_one" in second_ngw.tags'
           - '"Tag Two" in second_ngw.tags'
-          - CHECK_MODE] - second_ngw.tags["tag_one"] == resource_prefix +' One'
-          - CHECK_MODE] - second_ngw.tags["Tag Two"] == 'two '+ resource_prefix
+          - second_ngw.tags["tag_one"] == resource_prefix +' One'
+          - second_ngw.tags["Tag Two"] == 'two '+ resource_prefix
           - '"vpc_id" in second_ngw'
           - second_ngw.vpc_id == vpc_id
       vars: