diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert.test
index e16bbf797..a91255308 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert.test
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ where year=2009 and month=04
 RESET alltypesnopart_insert
 RELOAD alltypesnopart_insert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 25
+: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the overwritten table to verify the results
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ where year=2009 and month=04
 ---- SETUP
 RESET alltypesnopart_insert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 25
+: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the table to verify it contains 25 rows
@@ -80,8 +78,7 @@ where year=2009 and month=4
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 RESET alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=4/: 25
+year=2009/month=4/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the overwritten partition to verify the results
@@ -129,8 +126,7 @@ where year=2009 and month=4
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=4/: 25
+year=2009/month=4/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the partition to verify it contains all 25 rows
@@ -152,10 +148,9 @@ where year=2009 and month>1 and month<=4
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=2/: 25
-/year=2009/month=3/: 25
-/year=2009/month=4/: 25
+year=2009/month=2/: 25
+year=2009/month=3/: 25
+year=2009/month=4/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the overwritten partition to verify the results
@@ -253,13 +248,9 @@ where year=2009 and month>=1 and month<4
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
-year=2009/month=1/
-year=2009/month=2/
-year=2009/month=3/
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=1/: 25
-/year=2009/month=2/: 25
-/year=2009/month=3/: 25
+year=2009/month=1/: 25
+year=2009/month=2/: 25
+year=2009/month=3/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the partitions to verify they contain all 75 rows
@@ -280,11 +271,10 @@ from functional.alltypessmall
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=1/: 25
-/year=2009/month=2/: 25
-/year=2009/month=3/: 25
-/year=2009/month=4/: 25
+year=2009/month=1/: 25
+year=2009/month=2/: 25
+year=2009/month=3/: 25
+year=2009/month=4/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the overwritten partition to verify the results
@@ -406,11 +396,10 @@ from functional.alltypessmall
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS alltypesinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/year=2009/month=1/: 25
-/year=2009/month=2/: 25
-/year=2009/month=3/: 25
-/year=2009/month=4/: 25
+year=2009/month=1/: 25
+year=2009/month=2/: 25
+year=2009/month=3/: 25
+year=2009/month=4/: 25
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # search the partitions to verify they contain all 100 rows
@@ -426,7 +415,7 @@ bigint
 INSERT INTO TABLE insert_string_partitioned PARTITION(s2="/\%.") SELECT "value" FROM alltypessmall LIMIT 1;
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS insert_string_partitioned
----- PARTITIONS
+---- RESULTS
 s2=%2F%5C%25./: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_null.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_null.test
index bb262630b..1de2c7ca9 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_null.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_null.test
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ select NULL, "", "NULL", "\\N", NULL from alltypes limit 1
 ---- SETUP
 RESET nullinsert
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 1
+: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 select * from nullinsert
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_overwrite.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_overwrite.test
index d02c37ffc..19d9cfdde 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_overwrite.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/insert_overwrite.test
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- SETUP
 RESET insert_overwrite_nopart
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 10
+: 10
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # Check results - note larger limit than expected in case there's more data written than there should be
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ insert overwrite table insert_overwrite_nopart
 select 10
 from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 10
+: 10
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # check results from previous insert
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ select 3
 from functional.tinyinttable
 limit 0
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 select count(*) from insert_overwrite_nopart
@@ -84,8 +81,7 @@ from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- SETUP
 RESET insert_overwrite_partitioned
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/col2=5/: 10
+col2=5/: 10
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # Check results of previous insert
@@ -115,8 +111,7 @@ from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- SETUP
 RESET insert_overwrite_nopart
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/col2=6/: 10
+col2=6/: 10
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # Check results of previous insert
@@ -154,8 +149,7 @@ insert overwrite table insert_overwrite_partitioned
 partition(col2=5)
 select 10 from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/col2=5/: 10
+col2=5/: 10
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # Confirm that one partition is still intact
@@ -194,17 +188,16 @@ from functional.tinyinttable
 ---- SETUP
 DROP PARTITIONS insert_overwrite_partitioned
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/col2=0/: 1
-/col2=1/: 1
-/col2=2/: 1
-/col2=3/: 1
-/col2=4/: 1
-/col2=5/: 1
-/col2=6/: 1
-/col2=7/: 1
-/col2=8/: 1
-/col2=9/: 1
+col2=0/: 1
+col2=1/: 1
+col2=2/: 1
+col2=3/: 1
+col2=4/: 1
+col2=5/: 1
+col2=6/: 1
+col2=7/: 1
+col2=8/: 1
+col2=9/: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 # Confirm results of previous insert
@@ -233,8 +226,7 @@ partition(col2)
 select 10, 0 from functional.tinyinttable
 where int_col = 0
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/col2=0/: 1
+col2=0/: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY
 select col1, col2
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q11.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q11.test
index 71409143a..553edf92c 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q11.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q11.test
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ group by ps_partkey
 RESET tpch.q11_sum_tmp
 RELOAD tpch.q11_sum_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 29818
+: 29818
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q11_QUERY_2
 insert overwrite table tpch.q11_sum_tmp
@@ -25,6 +24,5 @@ from tpch.q11_part_tmp
 RESET tpch.q11_part_tmp
 RELOAD tpch.q11_part_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 1
+: 1
 ====
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q15.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q15.test
index f12edf93e..7210f2f85 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q15.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q15.test
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ group by l_suppkey
 RESET tpch.revenue
 RELOAD tpch.revenue
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 10000
+: 10000
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q15_QUERY_2
 insert overwrite table tpch.max_revenue
@@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ from tpch.revenue
 RESET tpch.max_revenue
 RELOAD tpch.max_revenue
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 1
+: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q15_QUERY_3
 # Modifications - Added limit
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q16.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q16.test
index ae4eca0ea..51dd75e5d 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q16.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q16.test
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ where not s_comment like '%Customer%Complaints%'
 RESET tpch.supplier_tmp
 RELOAD tpch.supplier_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 9996
+: 9996
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q16_QUERY_2
 insert overwrite table tpch.q16_tmp
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ join tpch.supplier_tmp s
 RESET tpch.q16_tmp
 RELOAD tpch.q16_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 741971
+: 741971
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q16_QUERY_3
 # Modifications: Added limit
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q17.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q17.test
index 621b6781f..b6280e0bd 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q17.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q17.test
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ group by l_partkey
 RESET tpch.lineitem_tmp
 RELOAD tpch.lineitem_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 200000
+: 200000
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q17_QUERY_2
 # Modifications: Converted selects from multiple tables to joins,
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q18.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q18.test
index d4568016e..78e0c1695 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q18.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q18.test
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ group by l_orderkey
 RESET q18_tmp
 RELOAD q18_tmp
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 1500000
+: 1500000
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q18_QUERY_2
 # Modifications: Cast o_totalprice column due to float/double values not
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q2.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q2.test
index 36c8fa98a..982001430 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q2.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q2.test
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ from partsupp ps
 RESET tpch.q2_minimum_cost_supplier_tmp1
 RELOAD tpch.q2_minimum_cost_supplier_tmp1
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 642
+: 642
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q2_QUERY_2
 insert overwrite table tpch.q2_minimum_cost_supplier_tmp2
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ group by p_partkey
 RESET tpch.q2_minimum_cost_supplier_tmp2
 RELOAD tpch.q2_minimum_cost_supplier_tmp2
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 460
+: 460
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q2_QUERY_3
 # Modifications: Fully qualified name of p_partkey column in the ORDER BY clause
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q20.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q20.test
index e9abf47e6..92c9b3cad 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q20.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q20.test
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ where p_name like 'forest%'
 RESET tpch.q20_tmp1
 RELOAD tpch.q20_tmp1
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 2127
+: 2127
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q20_QUERY_2
 insert overwrite table tpch.q20_tmp2
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ group by
 RESET tpch.q20_tmp2
 RELOAD tpch.q20_tmp2
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 543210
+: 543210
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q20_QUERY_3
 insert overwrite table tpch.q20_tmp3
@@ -47,8 +45,7 @@ from partsupp ps
 RESET tpch.q20_tmp3
 RELOAD tpch.q20_tmp3
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 5843
+: 5843
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q20_QUERY_4
 # Modified to use subquery to work around IMP-127
@@ -61,8 +58,7 @@ group by ps_suppkey
 RESET tpch.q20_tmp4
 RELOAD tpch.q20_tmp4
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 4397
+: 4397
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q20_QUERY_5
 # Modifications: Added limit
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q22.test b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q22.test
index 5c409f60f..e994823cf 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q22.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/tpch/queries/tpch-q22.test
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ group by
 RESET tpch.q22_customer_tmp1
 RELOAD tpch.q22_customer_tmp1
 ---- RESULTS
----- PARTITIONS
-/: 1
+: 1
 ====
 ---- QUERY : TPCH-Q22_QUERY_2
 # Modifications: Updated to use LEFT OUTER JOIN instead of NOT EXISTS,
diff --git a/tests/beeswax/impala_beeswax.py b/tests/beeswax/impala_beeswax.py
index 28e6d6c70..fdb823344 100644
--- a/tests/beeswax/impala_beeswax.py
+++ b/tests/beeswax/impala_beeswax.py
@@ -222,19 +222,17 @@ class ImpalaBeeswaxClient(object):
 
     self.__do_rpc(lambda: self.imp_service.close(handle))
     # The query executed successfully and all the data was fetched.
-    exec_result = QueryResult(success=True,
-                              data = result_rows,
-                              schema = schema)
+    exec_result = QueryResult(success=True, data=result_rows, schema=schema)
     exec_result.summary = 'Returned %d rows' % (len(result_rows))
     return exec_result
 
   def __fetch_insert_results(self, handle):
     """Executes an insert query"""
     result = self.__do_rpc(lambda: self.imp_service.CloseInsert(handle))
-    # The insert was successfull
+    # The insert was successful
     num_rows = sum(map(int, result.rows_appended.values()))
-    exec_result = QueryResult(success=True,
-                              data = num_rows)
+    data = ["%s: %s" % row for row in result.rows_appended.iteritems()]
+    exec_result = QueryResult(success=True, data=data)
     exec_result.summary = "Inserted %d rows" % (num_rows,)
     return exec_result
 
diff --git a/tests/common/impala_test_suite.py b/tests/common/impala_test_suite.py
index d6abfa61a..abcdccd4c 100644
--- a/tests/common/impala_test_suite.py
+++ b/tests/common/impala_test_suite.py
@@ -234,11 +234,7 @@ class ImpalaTestSuite(BaseTestSuite):
     self.hive_client.create_table(table)
 
   def __update_results(self, test_file_name, test_section, exec_result):
-    if 'PARTITIONS' in test_section:
-      test_section['PARTITIONS'] = '\n'.join(parse_result_rows(exec_result))
-    else:
-      test_section['RESULTS'] = '\n'.join(parse_result_rows(exec_result))
-
+    test_section['RESULTS'] = '\n'.join(parse_result_rows(exec_result))
     if 'TYPES' in test_section:
       col_types = [fs.type.upper() for fs in exec_result.schema.fieldSchemas]
       test_section['TYPES'] = ', '.join(col_types)
diff --git a/tests/common/test_result_verifier.py b/tests/common/test_result_verifier.py
index 5217e96d0..9200b1680 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_result_verifier.py
+++ b/tests/common/test_result_verifier.py
@@ -158,29 +158,11 @@ def verify_raw_results(test_section, exec_result):
   Accepts a raw exec_result object and verifies it matches the expected results
 
   This process includes the parsing/transformation of the raw data results into the
-  result format used in the tests. It also chooses the appropriate result section to
-  verify from the test case because insert tests need to verify different things
-  than select tests.
+  result format used in the tests.
   """
   expected_results = None
 
-  # If there is a 'PARTITIONS' section then assume this is an insert test and get the
-  # expected results from there
-  if 'PARTITIONS' in test_section:
-    partition_results = list()
-    for row in test_section['PARTITIONS'].split('\n'):
-      # TODO: Currently we don't get the partition names back so strip these out of the
-      # expected results
-      if ':' in row:
-        partition_results.append(row.split(':')[1].strip())
-      elif row.strip():
-        partition_results.append(row.strip())
-
-    # TODO: Currently we just return the total number of rows inserted rather than
-    # rows per partition. This should be updated to validated on a per-partition
-    # basis.
-    expected_results = str(sum([int(p_count) for p_count in partition_results]))
-  elif 'RESULTS' in test_section:
+  if 'RESULTS' in test_section:
     expected_results = remove_comments(test_section['RESULTS'])
   else:
     LOG.info("No results found. Skipping verification");
diff --git a/tests/util/test_file_parser.py b/tests/util/test_file_parser.py
index 32a1bdae3..7387db15c 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_file_parser.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_file_parser.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def parse_query_test_file(file_name):
   """
   # Update the valid section names as we support other test types
   # (ex. planner, data error)
-  VALID_SECTION_NAMES = ['QUERY', 'RESULTS', 'TYPES', 'PARTITIONS', 'SETUP']
+  VALID_SECTION_NAMES = ['QUERY', 'RESULTS', 'TYPES', 'SETUP']
   return parse_test_file(file_name, VALID_SECTION_NAMES)
 
 def parse_table_constraints(constraints_file):