diff --git a/test/smoke_test/promotion/01 b/test/smoke_test/promotion/01
index eb702e9..bcbaf2d 100755
--- a/test/smoke_test/promotion/01
+++ b/test/smoke_test/promotion/01
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" PROMO_POL_NS_OPTION="promotion-nhit" THRESHOLD_OPTION="451"
 CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" PROMO_POL_NS_OPTION="promotion-nhit" THRESHOLD_OPTION="812" TRIGGER_OPTION="49" set_promotion_params
 CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" PROMO_POL_OPTION="nhit" set_promotion_policy
 CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" stop_cache
-CACHE_MODE_OPTION="wt" CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" CACHE_DEVICE_OPTION="${CACHE_DEVICE}1" CACHE_FORCE_OPTION="1" CACHE_LOAD_METADATA_OPTION="1" start_cache
+CACHE_MODE_OPTION="wt" CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" CACHE_DEVICE_OPTION="${CACHE_DEVICE}1" CACHE_LOAD_METADATA_OPTION="1" start_cache
 CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" PROMO_POL_OPTION="nhit" check_promotion_policy
 CACHE_ID_OPTION="1" PROMO_POL_NS_OPTION="promotion-nhit" THRESHOLD_OPTION="812" TRIGGER_OPTION="49" check_promotion_params