diff --git a/tests/smoke/runtest.sh b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
index fa9723a..4942e3c 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
+++ b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ rlPhaseStartTest "Generate Test Data"
         rlRun "ls -lh ${TmpDir}/urandom_fill_file"
 rlPhaseEnd
 
-for partition_type in "raw" "lvm" "part"
+for partition_type in "raw" "lvm"
 do
         case $partition_type in
                 "raw"*)
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ do
                         rlPhaseEnd
                         backing_device=/dev/vdo_base/vdo_base
                         ;;
-                "part"*)
-                        rlPhaseStartTest "Create partitioned backing device"
-                                rlRun "parted -s /dev/loop0 mklabel msdos" 0 "Creating label"
-                                rlRun 'parted -s /dev/loop0 mkpart primary "" 1M -- -1M' 0 "Creating partition"
-                        rlPhaseEnd
-                        backing_device=/dev/loop0p1
-                        ;;
                 *)
                         ;;
         esac
@@ -158,11 +151,6 @@ do
                                         rlRun "pvremove /dev/loop0" 0 "Removing PV"
                                 rlPhaseEnd
                                 ;;
-                        "part"*)
-                                rlPhaseStartCleanup
-                                    rlRun "parted -s /dev/loop0 rm 1" 0 "Removing partition"
-                                rlPhaseEnd
-                                ;;
                         *)
                                 ;;
                 esac