diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_asg.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_asg.py
index 7a22803b88b..3e0ff3e1f63 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_asg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_asg.py
@@ -1264,17 +1264,20 @@ def create_autoscaling_group(connection):
                 have_tags = [have_tag for have_tag in have_tags if have_tag['Key'] != dead_tag]
 
             if remove_tags:
+                existing_tags = describe_autoscaling_tags(connection)
                 dead_tags = []
                 for dead_tag in want_tag_keyvals:
-                    dead_tags.append(dict(
-                        ResourceId=as_group['AutoScalingGroupName'], ResourceType='auto-scaling-group', Key=dead_tag))
+                    if dead_tag in existing_tags:
+                      dead_tags.append(dict(
+                          ResourceId=as_group['AutoScalingGroupName'], ResourceType='auto-scaling-group', Key=dead_tag, Value=existing_tags[dead_tag]))
             if dead_tags:
                 connection.delete_tags(Tags=dead_tags)
 
             zipped = zip(have_tags, want_tags)
             if len(have_tags) != len(want_tags) or not all(x == y for x, y in zipped):
-                changed = True
-                connection.create_or_update_tags(Tags=asg_tags)
+                if not remove_tags:
+                    changed = True
+                    connection.create_or_update_tags(Tags=asg_tags)
 
         # Handle load balancer attachments/detachments
         # Attach load balancers if they are specified but none currently exist
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/tag_operations.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/tag_operations.yml
index 62d4924c8d8..0a53e2cc337 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/tag_operations.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_asg/tasks/tag_operations.yml
@@ -131,13 +131,35 @@
           - '"autoscaling:CreateOrUpdateTags" in add_result.resource_actions'
           - '"autoscaling:DescribeTags" in info_result.resource_actions'
 
+    - name: Remove Non-existing tags
+      ec2_asg:
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-asg-tag-test"
+        tags:
+          - key10: 'val_a'
+          - key20: 'val_b'
+        remove_tags: true
+      register: remove_result
 
+    - name: get asg tags existing
+      ec2_asg:
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-asg-tag-test"
+        list_tags: true
+      register: info_result
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - remove_result is not changed
+          - info_result.AutoScalingGroup_Tags | length == 4
+          - '"autoscaling:DeleteTags" not in remove_result.resource_actions'
+          - '"autoscaling:DescribeTags" in info_result.resource_actions'
+
+    # can provide a key-val pair or just the tag key of the tag to be delete
     - name: Remove 2 tags - key2, key4
       ec2_asg:
         name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-asg-tag-test"
         tags:
           - key2: 'val2'
-          - key4: 'val4'
+          - key4:
         remove_tags: true
       register: remove_result