diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
index 95946971c2..e1da203b59 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ WKS_FILE_DEPENDS = "syslinux syslinux-native dosfstools-native mtools-native gpt
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 
-# core-image-minimal is referenced in .wks, so we need its rootfs
-# to be ready before our rootfs
-do_rootfs[depends] += "core-image-minimal:do_image core-image-minimal:do_rootfs_wicenv"
-
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "2000"
 
 inherit image
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
index 3e08cf4e43..9410b684be 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk sda --label boot --active --align 1024
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024 --use-uuid
-part /mnt --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=core-image-minimal --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label core --align 1024
-part backup --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=wic-image-minimal --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label backup --align 1024
+part /mnt --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=wic-image-minimal --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label core --align 1024
 
 bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=0  --append="rootwait console=tty0"