diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/protocols/advanced_control/transfers.py b/api/src/opentrons/protocols/advanced_control/transfers.py
index df1c6961be6..41b69306805 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/protocols/advanced_control/transfers.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/protocols/advanced_control/transfers.py
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
 from opentrons.protocol_api.labware import Labware, Well
 from opentrons import types
 from opentrons.protocols.api_support.types import APIVersion
+from opentrons.hardware_control.nozzle_manager import NozzleConfigurationType
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from opentrons.protocol_api import InstrumentContext
     from opentrons.protocols.execution.dev_types import Dictable
 
+_PARTIAL_TIP_SUPPORT_ADDED = APIVersion(2, 18)
+"""The version after which partial tip support and nozzle maps were made available."""
+
 
 class MixStrategy(enum.Enum):
     BOTH = enum.auto()
@@ -409,7 +413,15 @@ def __init__(
         # then avoid iterating through its Wells.
         # ii. if using single channel pipettes, flatten a multi-dimensional
         # list of Wells into a 1 dimensional list of Wells
-        if self._instr.channels > 1:
+        pipette_configuration_type = NozzleConfigurationType.FULL
+        if self._api_version >= _PARTIAL_TIP_SUPPORT_ADDED:
+            pipette_configuration_type = (
+                self._instr._core.get_nozzle_map().configuration
+            )
+        if (
+            self._instr.channels > 1
+            and pipette_configuration_type == NozzleConfigurationType.FULL
+        ):
             sources, dests = self._multichannel_transfer(sources, dests)
         else:
             if isinstance(sources, List) and isinstance(sources[0], List):
diff --git a/api/tests/opentrons/protocol_api_integration/test_pipette_movement_deck_conflicts.py b/api/tests/opentrons/protocol_api_integration/test_pipette_movement_deck_conflicts.py
index 4984cd4fa3d..59523fd2c91 100644
--- a/api/tests/opentrons/protocol_api_integration/test_pipette_movement_deck_conflicts.py
+++ b/api/tests/opentrons/protocol_api_integration/test_pipette_movement_deck_conflicts.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_close_shave_deck_conflicts_for_96_ch_a12_column_configuration() -> None
         adapter="opentrons_flex_96_tiprack_adapter",
     )
     tiprack_8 = protocol_context.load_labware("opentrons_flex_96_tiprack_200ul", "B2")
-    hs = protocol_context.load_module("heaterShakerModuleV1", "D1")
+    hs = protocol_context.load_module("heaterShakerModuleV1", "C1")
     hs_adapter = hs.load_adapter("opentrons_96_deep_well_adapter")
     deepwell = hs_adapter.load_labware("nest_96_wellplate_2ml_deep")
     protocol_context.load_trash_bin("A3")