diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
index 64c300db2bb..e1273fd0f12 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ sub configure_and_reload
 
 # Setup london node
 my $node_london = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new("london");
-# Archiving is used to provide coverage with the creation of .partial segments
-# done at the end of recovery and the recovery of two-phase transactions.
-$node_london->init(allows_streaming => 1, has_archiving => 1);
+$node_london->init(allows_streaming => 1);
 $node_london->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq(
 	max_prepared_transactions = 10