diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceilometer_all.yml b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceilometer_all.yml
index 8dbb01ceae..dc23fa862c 100644
--- a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceilometer_all.yml
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceilometer_all.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ ceilometer_package_state: "{{ package_state }}"
 # venv fetch configuration
 ceilometer_venv_tag: "{{ venv_tag }}"
 ceilometer_venv_download_url: "{{ venv_base_download_url }}/ceilometer-{{ openstack_release }}-{{ ansible_architecture | lower }}.tgz"
-ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location: "http://{{ internal_lb_vip_address }}:{{ repo_server_port }}/openstackgit/ceilometer/"
+
+# locations for fetching the default files from the git source
+ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location: "{{ openstack_repo_url }}/openstackgit/ceilometer"