diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 6ad4e37..26b7be4 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class mistral::params {
   $pyver3 = $::openstacklib::defaults::pyver3
 
   $client_package      = 'python3-mistralclient'
-  $db_sync_command     = 'mistral-db-manage --config-file=/etc/mistral/mistral.conf upgrade head'
-  $db_populate_command = 'mistral-db-manage --config-file=/etc/mistral/mistral.conf populate'
+  $db_sync_command     = 'mistral-db-manage upgrade head'
+  $db_populate_command = 'mistral-db-manage populate'
   $user                = 'mistral'
   $group               = 'mistral'
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/mistral_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mistral_db_sync_spec.rb
index c41d7e7..5cf7774 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mistral_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mistral_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe 'mistral::db::sync' do
     it 'runs mistral-db-manage upgrade head' do
 
       is_expected.to contain_exec('mistral-db-sync').with(
-        :command     => 'mistral-db-manage --config-file=/etc/mistral/mistral.conf upgrade head',
+        :command     => 'mistral-db-manage upgrade head',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'mistral',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe 'mistral::db::sync' do
       )
 
       is_expected.to contain_exec('mistral-db-populate').with(
-        :command     => 'mistral-db-manage --config-file=/etc/mistral/mistral.conf populate',
+        :command     => 'mistral-db-manage populate',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'mistral',
         :refreshonly => 'true',