diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 1b63dea2d449326c2f8b6ee201d0666c5cfd3056..d23fe6fa31ef8d1d6d940a38d22e705b9e204b93 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ static void rd_pick_partition(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **tp, int mi_row,
     }
   }
 
-  if (!cpi->sf.use_max_partition_size ||
+  if (!cpi->sf.auto_min_max_partition_size ||
       bsize <= cpi->sf.max_partition_size) {
     int larger_is_better = 0;
     // PARTITION_NONE
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index 67bb1c869a18800d8eb6d6d29c1fca2b52134685..57584526e8977d18d97f77eb70ed67879bed970d 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ void vp9_set_speed_features(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   sf->auto_min_max_partition_size = 0;
   sf->auto_min_max_partition_interval = 0;
   sf->auto_min_max_partition_count = 0;
-  sf->use_max_partition_size = 0;
+  // sf->use_max_partition_size = 0;
   sf->max_partition_size = BLOCK_64X64;
-  sf->use_min_partition_size = 0;
+  // sf->use_min_partition_size = 0;
   sf->min_partition_size = BLOCK_4X4;
   sf->adjust_partitioning_from_last_frame = 0;
   sf->last_partitioning_redo_frequency = 4;
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ void vp9_set_speed_features(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
         sf->auto_mv_step_size = 1;
 
         sf->auto_min_max_partition_size = 1;
-        sf->use_max_partition_size = 1;
-        sf->use_min_partition_size = 1;
+        // sf->use_max_partition_size = 1;
+        // sf->use_min_partition_size = 1;
         sf->auto_min_max_partition_interval = 1;
       }
       if (speed == 2) {
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index f4d8db4e1ad36fa47ba967ee46dc092957ab5344..4529ff083105c166cb1e191af855373b58dfa8fa 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ typedef struct {
   int auto_min_max_partition_size;
   int auto_min_max_partition_interval;
   int auto_min_max_partition_count;
-  int use_min_partition_size;
   BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE min_partition_size;
-  int use_max_partition_size;
   BLOCK_SIZE_TYPE max_partition_size;
+  // int use_min_partition_size;       // not used in code
+  // int use_max_partition_size;
   int adjust_partitioning_from_last_frame;
   int last_partitioning_redo_frequency;
   int disable_splitmv;