diff --git a/manifests/telemetry.pp b/manifests/telemetry.pp
index f50e1cea..9eb5d5f1 100644
--- a/manifests/telemetry.pp
+++ b/manifests/telemetry.pp
@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ class cloud::telemetry(
     rabbit_userid   => 'ceilometer',
     verbose         => $verbose,
     debug           => $debug,
-  }
-
-  ceilometer_config {
-    'DEFAULT/syslog_log_facility':               value => 'LOG_LOCAL0';
-    'DEFAULT/use_syslog':                        value => 'yes';
+    use_syslog      => true,
+    log_facility    => 'LOG_LOCAL0'
   }
 
   class { 'ceilometer::agent::auth':
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_centralagent_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_centralagent_spec.rb
index c5475f7c..05d93e37 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_centralagent_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_centralagent_spec.rb
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ describe 'cloud::telemetry::centralagent' do
           :rabbit_userid           => 'ceilometer',
           :rabbit_hosts            => ['10.0.0.1'],
           :rabbit_password         => 'secrete',
-          :metering_secret         => 'secrete'
+          :metering_secret         => 'secrete',
+          :use_syslog              => true,
+          :log_facility            => 'LOG_LOCAL0'
         )
       should contain_class('ceilometer::agent::auth').with(
           :auth_password => 'secrete',
           :auth_url      => 'http://10.0.0.1:5000/v2.0'
         )
-      should contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/syslog_log_facility').with('value' => 'LOG_LOCAL0')
-      should contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/use_syslog').with('value' => 'yes')
     end
 
     it 'configure ceilometer central agent' do
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_server_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_server_spec.rb
index 47ecab98..c0e884fe 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_telemetry_server_spec.rb
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ describe 'cloud::telemetry::server' do
           :rabbit_userid           => 'ceilometer',
           :rabbit_hosts            => ['10.0.0.1'],
           :rabbit_password         => 'secrete',
-          :metering_secret         => 'secrete'
+          :metering_secret         => 'secrete',
+          :use_syslog              => true,
+          :log_facility            => 'LOG_LOCAL0'
         )
       should contain_class('ceilometer::agent::auth').with(
           :auth_password => 'secrete',
           :auth_url      => 'http://10.0.0.1:5000/v2.0'
         )
-      should contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/syslog_log_facility').with('value' => 'LOG_LOCAL0')
-      should contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/use_syslog').with('value' => 'yes')
     end
 
     it 'check mongodb is started' do