diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-group-removal.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-group-removal.yaml
index df5373cf0c..44a90f0a38 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-group-removal.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-group-removal.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 minor_changes:
   - "dnf - group removal does not work if group was installed with Ansible because of dnf upstream bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620324"
+  - "dnf removal with wildcards now works: Fixes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27744"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
index f5144b55c9..61b21bd7ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
@@ -548,13 +548,15 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
 
         # Disable repositories
         for repo_pattern in disablerepo:
-            for repo in repos.get_matching(repo_pattern):
-                repo.disable()
+            if repo_pattern:
+                for repo in repos.get_matching(repo_pattern):
+                    repo.disable()
 
         # Enable repositories
         for repo_pattern in enablerepo:
-            for repo in repos.get_matching(repo_pattern):
-                repo.enable()
+            if repo_pattern:
+                for repo in repos.get_matching(repo_pattern):
+                    repo.enable()
 
     def _base(self, conf_file, disable_gpg_check, disablerepo, enablerepo, installroot):
         """Return a fully configured dnf Base object."""
@@ -944,7 +946,7 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
 
                 installed = self.base.sack.query().installed()
                 for pkg_spec in pkg_specs:
-                    if installed.filter(name=pkg_spec):
+                    if ("*" in pkg_spec) or installed.filter(name=pkg_spec):
                         self.base.remove(pkg_spec)
 
                 # Like the dnf CLI we want to allow recursive removal of dependent