diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
index 95c7a9b89a..ced22c822a 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SRC_URI = "file://${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}.wks"
 
 IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}"
 
-IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic.bz2"
+IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"
 RM_OLD_IMAGE = "1"
 
 DEPENDS = "syslinux syslinux-native parted-native dosfstools-native mtools-native"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
index df826ed84b..a739f69b2e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Wic(oeSelfTest):
         prefix = os.path.join(deploy_dir, 'wic-image-minimal-%s.' % machine)
         # check if we have result image and manifests symlinks
         # pointing to existing files
-        for suffix in ('wic.bz2', 'manifest'):
+        for suffix in ('wic', 'manifest'):
             path = prefix + suffix
             self.assertTrue(os.path.islink(path))
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.realpath(path)))