diff --git a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/aws-rds-dbshardgroup.json b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/aws-rds-dbshardgroup.json
index e5e8f8c9..85c2a887 100644
--- a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/aws-rds-dbshardgroup.json
+++ b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/aws-rds-dbshardgroup.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "rds:RemoveTagsFromResource"
     ],
     "taggable": true,
-    "tagOnCreate": true,
+    "tagOnCreate": false,
     "tagUpdatable": true,
     "tagProperty": "/properties/Tags"
   },
diff --git a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandler.java b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandler.java
index 6405dab5..489566c9 100644
--- a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandler.java
+++ b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandler.java
@@ -59,26 +59,18 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> handleRequest(
         }
 
         return ProgressEvent.progress(request.getDesiredResourceState(), callbackContext)
-                .then(progress -> Tagging.createWithTaggingFallback(proxy, proxyClient, this::createDbShardGroup, progress, allTags)
-                        .then(p -> Commons.execOnce(p, () -> {
-                            final Tagging.TagSet extraTags = Tagging.TagSet.builder()
-                                    .stackTags(allTags.getStackTags())
-                                    .resourceTags(allTags.getResourceTags())
-                                    .build();
-                            return addTags(proxyClient, request, p, extraTags);
-                        }, CallbackContext::isAddTagsComplete, CallbackContext::setAddTagsComplete))
-                )
+                .then(progress -> createDbShardGroup(proxy, proxyClient, progress))
+                .then(progress -> Commons.execOnce(progress, () -> addTags(proxyClient, request, progress, allTags), CallbackContext::isAddTagsComplete, CallbackContext::setAddTagsComplete))
                 .then(progress -> new ReadHandler().handleRequest(proxy, proxyClient, request, callbackContext));
     }
 
     private ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createDbShardGroup(
             final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
             final ProxyClient<RdsClient> proxyClient,
-            final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress,
-            final Tagging.TagSet tags
+            final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress
     ) {
         return proxy.initiate("rds::create-db-shard-group", proxyClient, progress.getResourceModel(), progress.getCallbackContext())
-                .translateToServiceRequest((resourceModel) -> Translator.createDbShardGroupRequest(resourceModel, tags))
+                .translateToServiceRequest((resourceModel) -> Translator.createDbShardGroupRequest(resourceModel))
                 .backoffDelay(config.getBackoff())
                 .makeServiceCall((createDbShardGroupRequest, proxyInvocation) -> proxyInvocation.injectCredentialsAndInvokeV2(createDbShardGroupRequest, proxyInvocation.client()::createDBShardGroup))
                 .stabilize((createRequest, createResponse, proxyInvocation, model, context) -> isDBShardGroupStabilizedAfterMutate(model, proxyInvocation))
diff --git a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/Translator.java b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/Translator.java
index 924bff10..844d588b 100644
--- a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/Translator.java
+++ b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/Translator.java
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
 
 public class Translator {
 
+    static CreateDbShardGroupRequest createDbShardGroupRequest(final ResourceModel model) {
+        return CreateDbShardGroupRequest.builder()
+                .computeRedundancy(model.getComputeRedundancy())
+                .dbClusterIdentifier(model.getDBClusterIdentifier())
+                .dbShardGroupIdentifier(model.getDBShardGroupIdentifier())
+                .maxACU(model.getMaxACU())
+                .minACU(model.getMinACU())
+                .publiclyAccessible(model.getPubliclyAccessible())
+                .build();
+    }
+
   static CreateDbShardGroupRequest createDbShardGroupRequest(final ResourceModel model, final Tagging.TagSet tags) {
     return CreateDbShardGroupRequest.builder()
             .computeRedundancy(model.getComputeRedundancy())
diff --git a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/test/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandlerTest.java b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/test/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandlerTest.java
index 6fc3cd19..972b409e 100644
--- a/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/test/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandlerTest.java
+++ b/aws-rds-dbshardgroup/src/test/java/software/amazon/rds/dbshardgroup/CreateHandlerTest.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void handleRequest_SimpleSuccess() {
                         Objects.equals(DB_SHARD_GROUP_CREATING.dbShardGroupIdentifier(), req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )
         );
-        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(2)).describeDBShardGroups(
+        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(3)).describeDBShardGroups(
                 ArgumentMatchers.<DescribeDbShardGroupsRequest>argThat(req ->
                         Objects.equals(DB_SHARD_GROUP_CREATING.dbShardGroupIdentifier(), req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public void handleRequest_NoDbShardGroupIdentifier() {
                         Objects.equals(dbShardGroupIdentifier, req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )
         );
-        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(2)).describeDBShardGroups(
+        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(3)).describeDBShardGroups(
                 ArgumentMatchers.<DescribeDbShardGroupsRequest>argThat(req ->
                         Objects.equals(dbShardGroupIdentifier, req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public void handleRequest_Stabilize() {
                         Objects.equals(DB_SHARD_GROUP_CREATING.dbShardGroupIdentifier(), req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )
         );
-        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(3)).describeDBShardGroups(
+        verify(proxyClient.client(), times(4)).describeDBShardGroups(
                 ArgumentMatchers.<DescribeDbShardGroupsRequest>argThat(req ->
                         Objects.equals(DB_SHARD_GROUP_CREATING.dbShardGroupIdentifier(), req.dbShardGroupIdentifier())
                 )