diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
index 9c24559a6..f16322d4e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ struct cmd_context {
 	unsigned udevoutput:1;
 	unsigned online_vg_file_removed:1;
 	unsigned disable_dm_devs:1;		/* temporarily disable use of dm devs cache */
-	unsigned filter_partitioned_skip:1;	/* don't use filter-partitioned */
 
 	/*
 	 * Devices and filtering.
diff --git a/lib/filters/filter-partitioned.c b/lib/filters/filter-partitioned.c
index 8f468a567..642553ef2 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter-partitioned.c
+++ b/lib/filters/filter-partitioned.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ static int _passes_partitioned_filter(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_filter
 	if (cmd->filter_nodata_only)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (cmd->filter_partitioned_skip)
-		return 1;
-
 	dev->filtered_flags &= ~DEV_FILTERED_PARTITIONED;
 
 	ret = dev_is_partitioned(cmd, dev);
diff --git a/man/pvcreate.8_des b/man/pvcreate.8_des
index 4048eb71c..69bd133aa 100644
--- a/man/pvcreate.8_des
+++ b/man/pvcreate.8_des
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ Use \fBvgcreate\fP(8) to create a new VG on the PV, or \fBvgextend\fP(8)
 to add the PV to an existing VG.  Use \fBpvremove\fP(8) to remove the LVM
 disk label from the device.
 .P
-The force option will create a PV without confirmation, and will overwrite
-partition headers.  Repeating the force option (\fB-ff\fP) will override other
-checks that would normally prevent a pvcreate, e.g. if the PV is already in a
-VG.
+The force option will create a PV without confirmation.  Repeating the
+force option (\fB-ff\fP) will forcibly create a PV, overriding checks that
+normally prevent it, e.g. if the PV is already in a VG.
 .P
 .B Metadata location, size, and alignment
 .P
diff --git a/test/shell/test-partition.sh b/test/shell/test-partition.sh
index 3a45f9089..0e92f00db 100644
--- a/test/shell/test-partition.sh
+++ b/test/shell/test-partition.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
+
 SKIP_WITH_LVMPOLLD=1
 
 LVM_TEST_CONFIG_DEVICES="types = [\"device-mapper\", 142]"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ LVM_TEST_CONFIG_DEVICES="types = [\"device-mapper\", 142]"
 
 which sfdisk || skip
 
-aux prepare_pvs 2 30
+aux prepare_pvs 1 30
 
 pvs "$dev1"
 
@@ -32,12 +33,3 @@ pvs "$dev1"
 echo "1 2" | sfdisk --force "$dev1"
 
 not pvs "$dev1"
-
-wipefs -a "$dev2"
-echo "1 2" | sfdisk --force "$dev2"
-partprobe
-not pvcreate "$dev2"
-pvcreate -f "$dev2"
-pvs "$dev2"
-pvremove "$dev2"
-
diff --git a/tools/toollib.c b/tools/toollib.c
index 9b193bd2d..f95c98f51 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.c
+++ b/tools/toollib.c
@@ -5248,10 +5248,6 @@ int pvcreate_each_device(struct cmd_context *cmd,
 	if (cmd->enable_devices_file && !pp->is_remove)
 		cmd->filter_deviceid_skip = 1;
 
-	/* pvcreate -f overwrites partitions */
-	if (pp->force && !pp->is_remove)
-		cmd->filter_partitioned_skip = 1;
-
 	log_debug("Scanning and filtering device args (%u).", dm_list_size(&scan_devs));
 	label_scan_devs(cmd, cmd->filter, &scan_devs);
 
@@ -5266,7 +5262,6 @@ int pvcreate_each_device(struct cmd_context *cmd,
 		}
 	}
 	cmd->filter_deviceid_skip = 0;
-	cmd->filter_partitioned_skip = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Can the command continue if some specified devices were not found?
@@ -5479,9 +5474,6 @@ do_command:
 	if (cmd->enable_devices_file && !pp->is_remove)
 		cmd->filter_deviceid_skip = 1;
 
-	if (pp->force && !pp->is_remove)
-		cmd->filter_partitioned_skip = 1;
-
 	log_debug("Rescanning and filtering device args with exclusive open");
 	if (!label_scan_devs_excl(cmd, cmd->filter, &rescan_devs)) {
 		log_debug("Failed to rescan devs excl");
@@ -5495,9 +5487,7 @@ do_command:
 			dm_list_add(&pp->arg_fail, &pd->list);
 		}
 	}
-
 	cmd->filter_deviceid_skip = 0;
-	cmd->filter_partitioned_skip = 0;
 
 	if (dm_list_empty(&pp->arg_process) && dm_list_empty(&remove_duplicates)) {
 		log_debug("No devices to process.");