diff --git a/parted/parted.c b/parted/parted.c
index 5c7c270..aa68d58 100644
--- a/parted/parted.c
+++ b/parted/parted.c
@@ -956,6 +956,9 @@ partition_print_flags_json (PedPartition const *part)
     for (flag = ped_partition_flag_next (0); flag;
          flag = ped_partition_flag_next (flag))
     {
+        if (flag == PED_PARTITION_TYPE)
+            continue;
+
         if (ped_partition_get_flag (part, flag))
         {
             if (!did_open_array)