diff --git a/microdroid/README.md b/microdroid/README.md
index c2a65d5..ebf2244 100644
--- a/microdroid/README.md
+++ b/microdroid/README.md
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
     {
       "partitions": [
         {
-          "label": "misc",
-          "path": "/data/local/tmp/microdroid/misc.img"
-        },
-        {
           "label": "boot_a",
           "path": "/apex/com.android.virt/etc/fs/microdroid_boot-5.10.img"
         },
@@ -131,7 +127,6 @@
 ```sh
 $ adb root
 $ adb shell 'mkdir /data/local/tmp/microdroid'
-$ adb shell 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/local/tmp/microdroid/misc.img bs=4k count=256'
 $ adb push payload.json /data/local/tmp/microdroid/payload.json
 $ adb shell 'cd /data/local/tmp/microdroid; /apex/com.android.virt/bin/mk_payload payload.json payload.img'
 $ adb shell 'chmod go+r /data/local/tmp/microdroid/payload*'
diff --git a/microdroid/microdroid_cdisk.json b/microdroid/microdroid_cdisk.json
index e1ca826..5e3c9c5 100644
--- a/microdroid/microdroid_cdisk.json
+++ b/microdroid/microdroid_cdisk.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
   "partitions": [
     {
-      "label": "misc",
-      "path": "/data/local/tmp/virt/misc.img"
-    },
-    {
       "label": "boot_a",
       "path": "/apex/com.android.virt/etc/fs/microdroid_boot-5.10.img"
     },
diff --git a/microdroid/uboot-env-x86_64.txt b/microdroid/uboot-env-x86_64.txt
index ffc0462..dfa6a98 100644
--- a/microdroid/uboot-env-x86_64.txt
+++ b/microdroid/uboot-env-x86_64.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Static u-boot environment variables for microdroid. See b/180481192
 
 # Boot the device following the Android boot procedure
-bootcmd=avb init virtio 0 && avb verify _a && boot_android virtio 0#misc
+bootcmd=avb init virtio 0 && avb verify _a && boot_android virtio 0
 
 bootdelay=0
 
diff --git a/microdroid/uboot-env.txt b/microdroid/uboot-env.txt
index 0bdc591..47b8f2c 100644
--- a/microdroid/uboot-env.txt
+++ b/microdroid/uboot-env.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Static u-boot environment variables for microdroid. See b/180481192
 
 # Boot the device following the Android boot procedure
-bootcmd=avb init virtio 0 && avb verify _a && boot_android virtio 0#misc
+bootcmd=avb init virtio 0 && avb verify _a && boot_android virtio 0
 
 bootdelay=0
 fdtaddr=0x80000000