diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/DefaultClusterMetadataProvider.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/DefaultClusterMetadataProvider.java
index 83fe78b..aa32da2 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/DefaultClusterMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/DefaultClusterMetadataProvider.java
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.cluster.impl;
 
-import static java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces;
-import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
-
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
@@ -26,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -37,16 +35,15 @@
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataProviderRegistry;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.DefaultControllerNode;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.DefaultPartition;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.Partition;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.PartitionId;
 import org.onosproject.core.VersionService;
 import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import static java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 /**
  * Provider of default {@link ClusterMetadata cluster metadata}.
@@ -75,15 +72,8 @@
         String localIp = getSiteLocalAddress();
         ControllerNode localNode =
                 new DefaultControllerNode(new NodeId(localIp), IpAddress.valueOf(localIp), DEFAULT_ONOS_PORT);
-        // partition 1
-        Partition partition = new DefaultPartition(
-                PartitionId.from(1),
-                versionService.version(),
-                ImmutableSet.of(localNode.id()));
-        ClusterMetadata metadata = new ClusterMetadata(PROVIDER_ID,
-                                        "default",
-                                        ImmutableSet.of(localNode),
-                                        ImmutableSet.of(partition));
+        ClusterMetadata metadata = new ClusterMetadata(
+            PROVIDER_ID, "default", localNode, ImmutableSet.of());
         long version = System.currentTimeMillis();
         cachedMetadata.set(new Versioned<>(metadata, version));
         providerRegistry.register(this);