diff --git a/salt/modules/virt.py b/salt/modules/virt.py
index 84b90e9b1f4a..219b421958f4 100644
--- a/salt/modules/virt.py
+++ b/salt/modules/virt.py
@@ -4838,13 +4838,11 @@ def pool_undefine(name, **kwargs):
         conn.close()
 
 
-def pool_delete(name, fast=True, **kwargs):
+def pool_delete(name, **kwargs):
     '''
     Delete the resources of a defined libvirt storage pool.
 
     :param name: libvirt storage pool name
-    :param fast: if set to False, zeroes out all the data.
-                 Default value is True.
     :param connection: libvirt connection URI, overriding defaults
     :param username: username to connect with, overriding defaults
     :param password: password to connect with, overriding defaults
@@ -4860,10 +4858,7 @@ def pool_delete(name, fast=True, **kwargs):
     conn = __get_conn(**kwargs)
     try:
         pool = conn.storagePoolLookupByName(name)
-        flags = libvirt.VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DELETE_NORMAL
-        if fast:
-            flags = libvirt.VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DELETE_ZEROED
-        return not bool(pool.delete(flags))
+        return not bool(pool.delete(libvirt.VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DELETE_NORMAL))
     finally:
         conn.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_virt.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_virt.py
index 5c9f81db0c60..2c01fa1c954c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_virt.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_virt.py
@@ -2676,3 +2676,20 @@ def test_get_hypervisor(self, isxen_mock, iskvm_mock):
 
         isxen_mock.return_value = True
         self.assertEqual('xen', virt.get_hypervisor())
+
+    def test_pool_delete(self):
+        '''
+        Test virt.pool_delete function
+        '''
+        mock_pool = MagicMock()
+        mock_pool.delete = MagicMock(return_value=0)
+        self.mock_conn.storagePoolLookupByName = MagicMock(return_value=mock_pool)
+
+        res = virt.pool_delete('test-pool')
+        self.assertTrue(res)
+
+        self.mock_conn.storagePoolLookupByName.assert_called_once_with('test-pool')
+
+        # Shouldn't be called with another parameter so far since those are not implemented
+        # and thus throwing exceptions.
+        mock_pool.delete.assert_called_once_with(self.mock_libvirt.VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DELETE_NORMAL)