diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 6337f875ef..3e3f0f49ac 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     # These settings don't hurt anything if n-xvnc and n-novnc are disabled
     if is_service_enabled n-cpu; then
         NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT novncproxy_base_url "$NOVNCPROXY_URL"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc novncproxy_base_url "$NOVNCPROXY_URL"
         XVPVNCPROXY_URL=${XVPVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6081/console"}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT xvpvncproxy_base_url "$XVPVNCPROXY_URL"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc xvpvncproxy_base_url "$XVPVNCPROXY_URL"
         SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL=${SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6082/spice_auto.html"}
         iniset $NOVA_CONF spice html5proxy_base_url "$SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL"
     fi
@@ -606,13 +606,13 @@ function create_nova_conf {
         # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
         VNCSERVER_LISTEN=${VNCSERVER_LISTEN=$NOVA_SERVICE_LOCAL_HOST}
         VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=$NOVA_SERVICE_LOCAL_HOST}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled true
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_listen "$VNCSERVER_LISTEN"
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_proxyclient_address "$VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc enabled true
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_listen "$VNCSERVER_LISTEN"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_proxyclient_address "$VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT novncproxy_host "$NOVA_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT xvpvncproxy_host "$NOVA_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
     else
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled false
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc enabled false
     fi
 
     if is_service_enabled n-spice; then
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index 8bbaa2133d..1b4f7ae80a 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT firewall_driver "$LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER"
     # Power architecture currently does not support graphical consoles.
     if is_arch "ppc64"; then
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc enabled "false"
     fi
 
     # arm64-specific configuration
     if is_arch "aarch64"; then
         # arm64 architecture currently does not support graphical consoles.
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc enabled "false"
     fi
 
     # File injection is being disabled by default in the near future -
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt connection_uri "parallels+unix:///system"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_type "ploop"
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT force_raw_images  "False"
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_proxyclient_address  $HOST_IP
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_listen $HOST_IP
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_keymap
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_proxyclient_address  $HOST_IP
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_listen $HOST_IP
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc keymap
     fi
 }