diff --git a/test/lib/aux.sh b/test/lib/aux.sh
index 07326ecee..103318aca 100644
--- a/test/lib/aux.sh
+++ b/test/lib/aux.sh
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ lvmconf() {
             cat > CONFIG_VALUES <<-EOF
 devices/dir = "$DM_DEV_DIR"
 devices/scan = "$DM_DEV_DIR"
-devices/global_filter = [ "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mirror|", "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/.*pv[0-9_]*$|", "r|.*|" ]
 devices/filter = [ "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mirror|", "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/.*pv[0-9_]*$|", "r|.*|" ]
 devices/cache_dir = "$TESTDIR/etc"
 devices/sysfs_scan = 0
diff --git a/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh b/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
index 574334cb2..c98b364f7 100644
--- a/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
+++ b/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 . lib/test
 
 aux prepare_devs 2
+axu lvmconf 'devices/global_filter = [ "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mirror|", "a|$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/.*pv[0-9_]*$|", "r|.*|" ]'
 
 # for udev impossible to create
 pv_ugly="__\"!@#\$%^&*,()|@||'\\\"__pv1"