diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index fb1b527f1201c23456da6162b1693d67ee70447a..f6521740b357787376507c7511b14e333e9907f9 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ 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 78992cfff18fee33ce4228f3f2a991c4430ba4de..62781cfa6775a4001bd3f2e6b2c119daa5aa26af 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -734,9 +734,9 @@ 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;
@@ -795,8 +795,8 @@ 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;