diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c240c68..46a27df3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
    unicode).
  - config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg: provide a default 'output' setting, to
    redirect cloud-init stderr and stdout /var/log/cloud-init-output.log.
+ - drop support for resizing partitions with parted entirely (LP: #1212492).
+   This was broken as it was anyway.
 0.7.4:
  - fix issue mounting 'ephemeral0' if ephemeral0 was an alias for a
    partitioned block device with target filesystem on ephemeral0.1.
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_growpart.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_growpart.py
index 0dd92a46..6bddf847 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_growpart.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_growpart.py
@@ -80,30 +80,6 @@ class ResizeFailedException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class ResizeParted(object):
-    def available(self):
-        myenv = os.environ.copy()
-        myenv['LANG'] = 'C'
-
-        try:
-            (out, _err) = util.subp(["parted", "--help"], env=myenv)
-            if re.search(r"COMMAND.*resizepart\s+", out, re.DOTALL):
-                return True
-
-        except util.ProcessExecutionError:
-            pass
-        return False
-
-    def resize(self, diskdev, partnum, partdev):
-        before = get_size(partdev)
-        try:
-            util.subp(["parted", diskdev, "resizepart", partnum])
-        except util.ProcessExecutionError as e:
-            raise ResizeFailedException(e)
-
-        return (before, get_size(partdev))
-
-
 class ResizeGrowPart(object):
     def available(self):
         myenv = os.environ.copy()
@@ -279,6 +255,4 @@ def handle(_name, cfg, _cloud, log, _args):
         else:
             log.debug("'%s' %s: %s" % (entry, action, msg))
 
-# LP: 1212444 FIXME re-order and favor ResizeParted
-#RESIZERS = (('growpart', ResizeGrowPart),)
-RESIZERS = (('growpart', ResizeGrowPart), ('parted', ResizeParted))
+RESIZERS = (('growpart', ResizeGrowPart),)
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-growpart.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-growpart.txt
index a459573d..393d5164 100644
--- a/doc/examples/cloud-config-growpart.txt
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-growpart.txt
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 #
 #  mode:
 #    values:
-#     * auto: use any option possible (growpart or parted)
+#     * auto: use any option possible (any available)
 #             if none are available, do not warn, but debug.
 #     * growpart: use growpart to grow partitions
 #             if growpart is not available, this is an error.
-#     * parted: use parted (parted resizepart) to resize partitions
-#             if parted is not available, this is an error.
 #     * off, false
 #
 # devices:
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_growpart.py b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_growpart.py
index c0497e08..996526d3 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_growpart.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_handler/test_handler_growpart.py
@@ -12,50 +12,9 @@ import re
 import unittest
 
 # growpart:
-#   mode: auto  # off, on, auto, 'growpart', 'parted'
+#   mode: auto  # off, on, auto, 'growpart'
 #   devices: ['root']
 
-HELP_PARTED_NO_RESIZE = """
-Usage: parted [OPTION]... [DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]...]...]
-Apply COMMANDs with PARAMETERS to DEVICE.  If no COMMAND(s) are given, run in
-interactive mode.
-
-OPTIONs:
-<SNIP>
-
-COMMANDs:
-<SNIP>
-  quit                                     exit program
-  rescue START END                         rescue a lost partition near START
-        and END
-  resize NUMBER START END                  resize partition NUMBER and its file
-        system
-  rm NUMBER                                delete partition NUMBER
-<SNIP>
-Report bugs to bug-parted@gnu.org
-"""
-
-HELP_PARTED_RESIZE = """
-Usage: parted [OPTION]... [DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]...]...]
-Apply COMMANDs with PARAMETERS to DEVICE.  If no COMMAND(s) are given, run in
-interactive mode.
-
-OPTIONs:
-<SNIP>
-
-COMMANDs:
-<SNIP>
-  quit                                     exit program
-  rescue START END                         rescue a lost partition near START
-        and END
-  resize NUMBER START END                  resize partition NUMBER and its file
-        system
-  resizepart NUMBER END                    resize partition NUMBER
-  rm NUMBER                                delete partition NUMBER
-<SNIP>
-Report bugs to bug-parted@gnu.org
-"""
-
 HELP_GROWPART_RESIZE = """
 growpart disk partition
    rewrite partition table so that partition takes up all the space it can
@@ -122,11 +81,8 @@ class TestConfig(MockerTestCase):
         # Order must be correct
         self.mocker.order()
 
-    @unittest.skip("until LP: #1212444 fixed")
     def test_no_resizers_auto_is_fine(self):
         subp = self.mocker.replace(util.subp, passthrough=False)
-        subp(['parted', '--help'], env={'LANG': 'C'})
-        self.mocker.result((HELP_PARTED_NO_RESIZE, ""))
         subp(['growpart', '--help'], env={'LANG': 'C'})
         self.mocker.result((HELP_GROWPART_NO_RESIZE, ""))
         self.mocker.replay()
@@ -144,15 +100,14 @@ class TestConfig(MockerTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.handle, self.name, config,
                           self.cloud_init, self.log, self.args)
 
-    @unittest.skip("until LP: #1212444 fixed")
-    def test_mode_auto_prefers_parted(self):
+    def test_mode_auto_prefers_growpart(self):
         subp = self.mocker.replace(util.subp, passthrough=False)
-        subp(['parted', '--help'], env={'LANG': 'C'})
-        self.mocker.result((HELP_PARTED_RESIZE, ""))
+        subp(['growpart', '--help'], env={'LANG': 'C'})
+        self.mocker.result((HELP_GROWPART_RESIZE, ""))
         self.mocker.replay()
 
         ret = cc_growpart.resizer_factory(mode="auto")
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(ret, cc_growpart.ResizeParted))
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(ret, cc_growpart.ResizeGrowPart))
 
     def test_handle_with_no_growpart_entry(self):
         #if no 'growpart' entry in config, then mode=auto should be used