diff --git a/extras/volume_id/README b/extras/volume_id/README
index 640a9e47ac..969f301a4c 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/README
+++ b/extras/volume_id/README
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-vol_id - partition, filesystem, disklabel reader
+vol_id - volume, filesystem, disklabel reader
 
 This program is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the
-name, uuid or the filesystem type of a partition to name a device node.
+name, uuid or the filesystem type of a volume to name a device node.
 vol_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline.
 The following commandline switches are supported to specify what vol_id
 should print:
 
   --export prints all values
   -h       prints help text
-  -l       prints the label of the partition
-  -u       prints the uuid of the partition
+  -l       prints the label of the volume
+  -u       prints the uuid of the volume
 
 vol_id will only return successful if the string asked for, is not
 empty. All trailing whitespace will be removed, spaces replaced by underscore
diff --git a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.c b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.c
index 361d7058d0..0ad8ce66b2 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.c
+++ b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.c
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ static char *usage_to_string(enum volume_id_usage usage_id)
 	switch (usage_id) {
 	case VOLUME_ID_FILESYSTEM:
 		return "filesystem";
-	case VOLUME_ID_PARTITIONTABLE:
-		return "partitiontable";
 	case VOLUME_ID_OTHER:
 		return "other";
 	case VOLUME_ID_RAID:
@@ -86,12 +84,6 @@ static char *usage_to_string(enum volume_id_usage usage_id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void volume_id_set_usage_part(struct volume_id_partition *part, enum volume_id_usage usage_id)
-{
-	part->usage_id = usage_id;
-	part->usage = usage_to_string(usage_id);
-}
-
 void volume_id_set_usage(struct volume_id *id, enum volume_id_usage usage_id)
 {
 	id->usage_id = usage_id;
diff --git a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.h b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.h
index f6c57fb66d..8cb1abd360 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.h
+++ b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/util.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ enum endian {
 
 extern void volume_id_set_unicode16(char *str, size_t len, const uint8_t *buf, enum endian endianess, size_t count);
 extern void volume_id_set_usage(struct volume_id *id, enum volume_id_usage usage_id);
-extern void volume_id_set_usage_part(struct volume_id_partition *part, enum volume_id_usage usage_id);
 extern void volume_id_set_label_raw(struct volume_id *id, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
 extern void volume_id_set_label_string(struct volume_id *id, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
 extern void volume_id_set_label_unicode16(struct volume_id *id, const uint8_t *buf, enum endian endianess, size_t count);
diff --git a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.c b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.c
index fdecf396c4..718d74e5b6 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.c
+++ b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * volume_id - reads filesystem label and uuid
+ * volume_id - reads volume label and uuid
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
  *
@@ -221,8 +221,5 @@ void volume_id_close(struct volume_id *id)
 
 	volume_id_free_buffer(id);
 
-	if (id->partitions != NULL)
-		free(id->partitions);
-
 	free(id);
 }
diff --git a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.h b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.h
index d370bae6c8..8ddffc96de 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.h
+++ b/extras/volume_id/libvolume_id/volume_id.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * volume_id - reads partition label and uuid
+ * volume_id - reads volume label and uuid
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
  *
@@ -31,21 +31,11 @@ enum volume_id_usage {
 	VOLUME_ID_UNPROBED,
 	VOLUME_ID_OTHER,
 	VOLUME_ID_FILESYSTEM,
-	VOLUME_ID_PARTITIONTABLE,
 	VOLUME_ID_RAID,
 	VOLUME_ID_DISKLABEL,
 	VOLUME_ID_CRYPTO,
 };
 
-struct volume_id_partition {
-	enum		volume_id_usage usage_id;
-	char		*usage;
-	char		*type;
-	uint64_t	off;
-	uint64_t	len;
-	uint8_t		partition_type_raw;
-};
-
 struct volume_id {
 	uint8_t		label_raw[VOLUME_ID_LABEL_SIZE];
 	size_t		label_raw_len;
@@ -58,9 +48,6 @@ struct volume_id {
 	char		*type;
 	char		type_version[VOLUME_ID_FORMAT_SIZE];
 
-	struct volume_id_partition *partitions;
-	size_t		partition_count;
-
 	int		fd;
 	uint8_t		*sbbuf;
 	size_t		sbbuf_len;
diff --git a/extras/volume_id/vol_id.8 b/extras/volume_id/vol_id.8
index 6ffe7ce220..092911ad4c 100644
--- a/extras/volume_id/vol_id.8
+++ b/extras/volume_id/vol_id.8
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ should print:
 print all values in key/value format to import them into the environment.
 .TP
 .BI -l
-print the label of the partition
+print the label of the volume
 .TP
 .BI -t
-print the type of the partition
+print the type of the volume
 .TP
 .BI -u
-print the uuid of the partition
+print the uuid of the volume
 .RE
 .SH EXIT STATUS
 .B vol_id