diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
index a3ac92a03b..1d6a98dc9c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
@@ -116,10 +116,7 @@ def post_event(module):
     if module.params['date_happened'] != None:
         body['date_happened'] = module.params['date_happened']
     if module.params['tags'] != None:
-        if module.params['tags'].startswith("[") and module.params['tags'].endswith("]"):
-            body['tags'] = eval(module.params['tags'])
-        else:
-            body['tags'] = module.params['tags'].split(",")
+        body['tags'] = module.params['tags'].split(",")
     if module.params['aggregation_key'] != None:
         body['aggregation_key'] = module.params['aggregation_key']
     if module.params['source_type_name'] != None: