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 73aba4a..de07093 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
@@ -71,14 +71,12 @@
         String localIp = getSiteLocalAddress();
         ControllerNode localNode =
                 new DefaultControllerNode(new NodeId(localIp), IpAddress.valueOf(localIp), DEFAULT_ONOS_PORT);
-        // p0 partition
-        Partition basePartition = new DefaultPartition(PartitionId.from(0), ImmutableSet.of(localNode.id()));
-        // p1 partition
-        Partition extendedPartition = new DefaultPartition(PartitionId.from(1), ImmutableSet.of(localNode.id()));
+        // partition 1
+        Partition partition = new DefaultPartition(PartitionId.from(1), ImmutableSet.of(localNode.id()));
         ClusterMetadata metadata = new ClusterMetadata(PROVIDER_ID,
                                         "default",
                                         ImmutableSet.of(localNode),
-                                        ImmutableSet.of(basePartition, extendedPartition));
+                                        ImmutableSet.of(partition));
         long version = System.currentTimeMillis();
         cachedMetadata.set(new Versioned<>(metadata, version));
         providerRegistry.register(this);
diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/PartitionManager.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/PartitionManager.java
index f67405c..f0457fa 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/PartitionManager.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/PartitionManager.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
         currentClusterMetadata.get()
                        .getPartitions()
                        .stream()
-                       .filter(partition -> !partition.getId().equals(PartitionId.from(0))) // exclude p0
                        .forEach(partition -> partitions.put(partition.getId(), new StoragePartition(partition,
                                messagingService,
                                clusterService,
diff --git a/tools/dev/bin/onos-setup-karaf b/tools/dev/bin/onos-setup-karaf
index 84e9c94..3516a5c 100755
--- a/tools/dev/bin/onos-setup-karaf
+++ b/tools/dev/bin/onos-setup-karaf
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 {
   "name": "default",
   "nodes": [ {"id": "$IP", "ip": "$IP", "port": 9876 } ],
-  "partitions": [ { "id": 0, "members": [ "$IP" ] }, { "id": 1, "members": [ "$IP" ] } ]
+  "partitions": [ { "id": 1, "members": [ "$IP" ] } ]
 }
 EOF
 
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-gen-partitions b/tools/test/bin/onos-gen-partitions
index f7ae14d..e69bcc1 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-gen-partitions
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-gen-partitions
@@ -29,13 +29,7 @@
     ips = [ environ[v] for v in get_OC_vars() ]
   return [ node(v) for v in ips ]
 
-def generate_base_partition(nodes):
-  return {
-            'id': 0,
-            'members': nodes
-         }
-
-def generate_extended_partitions(nodes, k):
+def generate_partitions(nodes, k):
   l = deque(nodes)
   perms = []
   for i in range(1, len(nodes)+1):
@@ -49,11 +43,7 @@
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   nodes = get_nodes(sys.argv[2:])
-  base_partition = generate_base_partition([v.get('id') for v in nodes])
-  extended_partitions = generate_extended_partitions([v.get('id') for v in nodes], 3)
-  partitions = []
-  partitions.append(base_partition)
-  partitions.extend(extended_partitions)
+  partitions = generate_partitions([v.get('id') for v in nodes], 3)
   m = hashlib.sha256()
   for node in nodes:
     m.update(node['ip'])