diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
index 6622538d28..df854ec15b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
@@ -1355,7 +1355,6 @@ def wait_for_term_inst(connection, term_instances):
     wait_timeout = module.params.get('wait_timeout')
     group_name = module.params.get('name')
     as_group = describe_autoscaling_groups(connection, group_name)[0]
-    props = get_properties(as_group)
     count = 1
     wait_timeout = time.time() + wait_timeout
     while wait_timeout > time.time() and count > 0: