diff --git a/src/Driver/Ntvol.c b/src/Driver/Ntvol.c
index c42f3197..18dc9b5f 100644
--- a/src/Driver/Ntvol.c
+++ b/src/Driver/Ntvol.c
@@ -692,8 +692,6 @@ NTSTATUS TCOpenVolume (PDEVICE_OBJECT DeviceObject,
 			// mount it (i.e. not just to protect it)
 			if (volumeType == TC_VOLUME_TYPE_NORMAL || !mount->bProtectHiddenVolume)
 			{
-				LARGE_INTEGER dataOffset;
-				ULONG dataLength;
 				// Validate sector size
 				if (bRawDevice && Extension->cryptoInfo->SectorSize != Extension->HostBytesPerSector)
 				{
@@ -710,86 +708,6 @@ NTSTATUS TCOpenVolume (PDEVICE_OBJECT DeviceObject,
 				Extension->NumberOfCylinders = (Extension->DiskLength / Extension->BytesPerSector) + 1;
 				Extension->PartitionType = 0;
 
-				// Try to detect the filesystem used by the volume in order to give a correct value to Extension->PartitionType
-				dataOffset.QuadPart = (LONGLONG) Extension->cryptoInfo->volDataAreaOffset;
-				dataLength = bRawDevice ? Extension->HostBytesPerSector : TC_VOLUME_HEADER_EFFECTIVE_SIZE;
-
-				Dump ("Reading first data at %I64d\n", dataOffset.QuadPart);
-
-				if (NT_SUCCESS (ZwReadFile (Extension->hDeviceFile,
-													NULL,
-													NULL,
-													NULL,
-													&IoStatusBlock,
-													readBuffer,
-													dataLength,
-													&dataOffset,
-													NULL)))
-				{
-					uint64 fsId = 0;
-					UINT64_STRUCT dataUnit;
-					
-					dataUnit.Value = Extension->cryptoInfo->volDataAreaOffset / ENCRYPTION_DATA_UNIT_SIZE;
-
-					if (Extension->cryptoInfo->bPartitionInInactiveSysEncScope)
-						dataUnit.Value += Extension->cryptoInfo->FirstDataUnitNo.Value;
-					DecryptDataUnits ((unsigned char*) readBuffer, &dataUnit, dataLength / ENCRYPTION_DATA_UNIT_SIZE, Extension->cryptoInfo);
-
-					fsId = BE64 (*(uint64 *) readBuffer);
-
-					switch (fsId)
-					{
-					case 0xEB3C904D53444F53: // FAT16/FAT12
-					case 0xEB3C906D6B66732E: // mkfs.fat
-					case 0xEB3C906D6B646F73: // mkfs.vfat/mkdosfs
-						// workaround for FAT32 formatting by TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt
-						if (memcmp (readBuffer + 0x52, "FAT32   ", 8) == 0)
-						{
-							Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_FAT32;
-							Dump ("FAT32 detected with FAT16 header\n");
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							if (memcmp (readBuffer + 0x36, "FAT12   ", 8) == 0)
-							{
-								Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_FAT_12;
-								Dump ("FAT12 detected\n");
-							}
-							else
-							{
-								Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_FAT_16;
-								Dump ("FAT16 detected\n");
-							}
-						}
-						break;
-					case 0xEB58906D6B66732E: // mkfs.fat
-					case 0xEB58906D6B646F73: // mkfs.vfat/mkdosfs
-					case 0xEB58904D53444F53: // FAT32
-						Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_FAT32;
-						Dump ("FAT32 detected\n");
-						break;
-					case 0xEB52904E54465320: // NTFS
-						Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_IFS;
-						Dump ("NTFS detected\n");
-						break;
-					case 0xEB76904558464154: // exFAT
-						Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_IFS;
-						Dump ("exFAT detected\n");
-						break;
-					case 0x0000005265465300: // ReFS
-						Extension->PartitionType = PARTITION_IFS;
-						Dump ("ReFS detected\n");
-						break;
-					default:
-						Dump ("Unknown FS ID (0x%.8I64x)\n", fsId);
-						break;
-					}
-
-					// erase sensitive data
-					EncryptDataUnits ((unsigned char*) readBuffer, &dataUnit, dataLength / ENCRYPTION_DATA_UNIT_SIZE, Extension->cryptoInfo);
-					burn (readBuffer, dataLength);
-				}
-
 				Extension->bRawDevice = bRawDevice;
 
 				memset (Extension->wszVolume, 0, sizeof (Extension->wszVolume));