diff --git a/lib/telemetry_metrics_statsd/event_handler.ex b/lib/telemetry_metrics_statsd/event_handler.ex
index e2934c5..f642c7b 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry_metrics_statsd/event_handler.ex
+++ b/lib/telemetry_metrics_statsd/event_handler.ex
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ defmodule TelemetryMetricsStatsd.EventHandler do
             |> Map.new()
             |> Map.merge(metric.tag_values.(metadata))
 
-          tags = Enum.map(metric.tags, &{&1, Map.get(tag_values, &1, "")})
+          tags =
+            Enum.map(metric.tags, &{&1, Map.get(tag_values, &1, "")})
+            |> Enum.filter(fn {_, tag_value} -> tag_value != "" end)
+
           Formatter.format(formatter_mod, metric, prefix, value, tags)
         else
           :nopublish
diff --git a/test/telemetry_metrics_statsd_test.exs b/test/telemetry_metrics_statsd_test.exs
index ca80d08..cda5a5b 100644
--- a/test/telemetry_metrics_statsd_test.exs
+++ b/test/telemetry_metrics_statsd_test.exs
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ defmodule TelemetryMetricsStatsdTest do
     handlers_before = :telemetry.list_handlers([])
 
     :telemetry.execute([:http, :request], %{latency: 172}, %{method: "GET"})
-    assert_reported(socket, "")
+
+    assert_reported(socket, "http.request.count.GET:1|c")
 
     handlers_after = :telemetry.list_handlers([])
     assert handlers_after == handlers_before
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ defmodule TelemetryMetricsStatsdTest do
     handlers_before = :telemetry.list_handlers([])
 
     :telemetry.execute([:http, :request], %{latency: 172}, %{method: "GET"})
-    assert_reported(socket, "http.request.count:1|c|#method:GET,status:")
+    assert_reported(socket, "http.request.count:1|c|#method:GET")
 
     handlers_after = :telemetry.list_handlers([])
     assert handlers_after == handlers_before