diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
index 0473cac23..510a73af4 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_init-with-ceph-volume.sh.tpl
@@ -417,11 +417,6 @@ function osd_disk_prepare {
     elif [[ ${BLOCK_DB} && -z ${BLOCK_WAL} ]]; then
       prep_device "${BLOCK_DB}" "${BLOCK_DB_SIZE}" "db" "${OSD_DEVICE}"
     fi
-    if [ -z ${BLOCK_DB} ] && [ -z ${BLOCK_WAL} ]; then
-      if pvdisplay ${OSD_DEVICE} | awk '/VG Name/{print $3}' | grep "ceph"; then
-        CEPH_LVM_PREPARE=0
-      fi
-    fi
   else
     if pvdisplay ${OSD_DEVICE} | awk '/VG Name/{print $3}' | grep "ceph"; then
       CEPH_LVM_PREPARE=0