diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index 7cd2714b69..905cac35c6 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -563,11 +563,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn parallels_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions* opts,
     blk_set_allow_write_beyond_eof(blk, true);
 
     /* Create image format */
-    ret = blk_truncate(blk, 0, PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, errp);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     bat_entries = DIV_ROUND_UP(total_size, cl_size);
     bat_sectors = DIV_ROUND_UP(bat_entry_off(bat_entries), cl_size);
     bat_sectors = (bat_sectors *  cl_size) >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 5bdf72ba33..17705015ca 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -858,11 +858,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn qcow_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *opts,
     blk_set_allow_write_beyond_eof(qcow_blk, true);
 
     /* Create image format */
-    ret = blk_truncate(qcow_blk, 0, PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, errp);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto exit;
-    }
-
     memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
     header.magic = cpu_to_be32(QCOW_MAGIC);
     header.version = cpu_to_be32(QCOW_VERSION);
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 8d4f38ae74..bf29d1c460 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -3391,12 +3391,6 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
     }
     blk_set_allow_write_beyond_eof(blk, true);
 
-    /* Clear the protocol layer and preallocate it if necessary */
-    ret = blk_truncate(blk, 0, PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, errp);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     /* Write the header */
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON((1 << MIN_CLUSTER_BITS) < sizeof(*header));
     header = g_malloc0(cluster_size);