diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/boot.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/boot.py
index d95d74a8ea..dfc0d5d38b 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/boot.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/redfish/boot.py
@@ -639,11 +639,7 @@ class RedfishVirtualMediaBoot(base.BootInterface):
del managers
- persistent = True
- if node.driver_info.get('force_persistent_boot_device',
- 'Default') == 'Never':
- persistent = False
- self._set_boot_device(task, boot_devices.CDROM, persistent=persistent)
+ self._set_boot_device(task, boot_devices.CDROM, persistent=True)
LOG.debug("Node %(node)s is set to permanently boot from "
"%(device)s", {'node': task.node.uuid,
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/redfish/test_boot.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/redfish/test_boot.py
index 6795372218..e69c29dcad 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/redfish/test_boot.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/redfish/test_boot.py
@@ -968,58 +968,6 @@ class RedfishVirtualMediaBootTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
mock_boot_mode_utils.sync_boot_mode.assert_called_once_with(task)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot.RedfishVirtualMediaBoot,
- '_eject_all', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(image_utils, 'prepare_boot_iso', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot, '_eject_vmedia', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot, '_insert_vmedia', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot, '_parse_deploy_info', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot.manager_utils, 'node_set_boot_device',
- autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot, 'deploy_utils', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_boot, 'boot_mode_utils', autospec=True)
- @mock.patch.object(redfish_utils, 'get_system', autospec=True)
- def test_prepare_instance_ramdisk_boot_iso_not_persistent(
- self, mock_system, mock_boot_mode_utils, mock_deploy_utils,
- mock_node_set_boot_device, mock__parse_deploy_info,
- mock__insert_vmedia, mock__eject_vmedia, mock_prepare_boot_iso,
- mock_clean_up_instance):
-
- managers = mock_system.return_value.managers
- with task_manager.acquire(self.context, self.node.uuid,
- shared=True) as task:
- task.node.provision_state = states.DEPLOYING
- task.node.driver_internal_info[
- 'root_uuid_or_disk_id'] = self.node.uuid
- task.node.instance_info['configdrive'] = None
- task.node.driver_info['force_persistent_boot_device'] = 'Never'
-
- mock_deploy_utils.get_boot_option.return_value = 'ramdisk'
-
- d_info = {
- 'deploy_kernel': 'kernel',
- 'deploy_ramdisk': 'ramdisk',
- 'bootloader': 'bootloader'
- }
-
- mock__parse_deploy_info.return_value = d_info
- mock_prepare_boot_iso.return_value = 'image-url'
-
- task.driver.boot.prepare_instance(task)
-
- mock_prepare_boot_iso.assert_called_once_with(task, d_info)
-
- mock__eject_vmedia.assert_called_once_with(
- task, managers, sushy.VIRTUAL_MEDIA_CD)
-
- mock__insert_vmedia.assert_called_once_with(
- task, managers, 'image-url', sushy.VIRTUAL_MEDIA_CD)
-
- mock_node_set_boot_device.assert_called_once_with(
- task, boot_devices.CDROM, persistent=False)
-
- mock_boot_mode_utils.sync_boot_mode.assert_called_once_with(task)
-
@mock.patch.object(redfish_boot.RedfishVirtualMediaBoot,
'_eject_all', autospec=True)
@mock.patch.object(image_utils, 'prepare_boot_iso', autospec=True)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/not-presistent-9c552f4209a84820.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/not-presistent-9c552f4209a84820.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e100f078bc..0000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/not-presistent-9c552f4209a84820.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-fixes:
- - |
- Allows reboot to hard disk following iso ramdisk deploy. Re-uses the
- ``force_persistent_boot_device`` driver_info option which can be
- set to ``Never`` in order to set the virtual media to one time
- boot.