diff --git a/src/Pass/ImgTagTransformPass.php b/src/Pass/ImgTagTransformPass.php
index fe20d796..328b8ab5 100644
--- a/src/Pass/ImgTagTransformPass.php
+++ b/src/Pass/ImgTagTransformPass.php
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function pass()
             $has_height_and_width = $this->setResponsiveImgHeightAndWidth($el);
             if (!$has_height_and_width) {
                 $this->addActionTaken(new ActionTakenLine('img', ActionTakenType::IMG_COULD_NOT_BE_CONVERTED, $lineno, $context_string));
+                $el->remove();
                 continue;
             }
             if ($this->isPixel($el)) {
diff --git a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-anim-test-fragment.html.out b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-anim-test-fragment.html.out
index 772f89d5..7f7e67f3 100644
--- a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-anim-test-fragment.html.out
+++ b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-anim-test-fragment.html.out
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@ Transformations made from HTML tags to AMP custom tags
 
 AMP-HTML Validation Issues and Fixes
 -------------------------------------
-FAIL
-
-<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/non-existent-image1234.jpg"> on line 14
-- The tag 'img' may only appear as a descendant of tag 'noscript'. Did you mean 'amp-img'?
-   [code: MANDATORY_TAG_ANCESTOR_WITH_HINT  category: DISALLOWED_HTML_WITH_AMP_EQUIVALENT see: https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/amp-img.html]
-   ACTION TAKEN: img tag was removed due to validation issues.
+PASS
 
 COMPONENT NAMES WITH JS PATH
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html
index 69554435..91edc258 100644
--- a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html
+++ b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <!-- should transform to amp-img with fixed layout, preserving the width and height -->
 <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/%22Birdcatcher%22_with_jockey_up.jpg" width="125" height="96">
 
-<!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and keep it as it is -->
+<!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and not include a tag -->
 <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/non-existent-image1234.jpg">
 
 <!-- should provide layout and height width and make layout responsive -->
diff --git a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html.out b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html.out
index 20a30bb1..2421aac5 100644
--- a/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html.out
+++ b/tests/test-data/fragment-html/img-test-fragment.html.out
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 <!-- should transform to amp-img with fixed layout, preserving the width and height -->
 <amp-img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/%22Birdcatcher%22_with_jockey_up.jpg" width="125" height="96" layout="fixed"></amp-img>
 
-<!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and keep it as it is -->
-<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/non-existent-image1234.jpg">
+<!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and not include a tag -->
+
 
 <!-- should provide layout and height width and make layout responsive -->
 <amp-img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/%22Birdcatcher%22_with_jockey_up.jpg" layout="responsive" width="625" height="480"></amp-img>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Line  5:
 Line  6: <!-- should transform to amp-img with fixed layout, preserving the width and height -->
 Line  7: <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/%22Birdcatcher%22_with_jockey_up.jpg" width="125" height="96">
 Line  8: 
-Line  9: <!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and keep it as it is -->
+Line  9: <!-- nonexistent image, should refuse to convert to amp-img and not include a tag -->
 Line 10: <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/non-existent-image1234.jpg">
 Line 11: 
 Line 12: <!-- should provide layout and height width and make layout responsive -->
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ AMP-HTML Validation Issues and Fixes
 -------------------------------------
 FAIL
 
-<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/non-existent-image1234.jpg"> on line 10
-- The tag 'img' may only appear as a descendant of tag 'noscript'. Did you mean 'amp-img'?
-   [code: MANDATORY_TAG_ANCESTOR_WITH_HINT  category: DISALLOWED_HTML_WITH_AMP_EQUIVALENT see: https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/amp-img.html]
-
 <amp-img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/%22Birdcatcher%22_with_jockey_up.jpg"> on line 13
 - The implied layout 'CONTAINER' is not supported by tag 'amp-img'.
    [code: IMPLIED_LAYOUT_INVALID  category: AMP_LAYOUT_PROBLEM see: https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/amp-img.html]