diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index dab7f13e..6a4d5697 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 #   (Optional) String of extra command line parameters to append
 #   to the heat-manage db_sync command. These will be inserted
 #   in the command line between 'heat-manage' and 'db_sync'.
-#   Defaults to '--config-file /etc/heat/heat.conf'
+#   Defaults to ''
 #
 # [*db_sync_timeout*]
 #   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
 #   Defaults to 300
 #
 class heat::db::sync(
-  $extra_params    = '--config-file /etc/heat/heat.conf',
+  $extra_params    = '',
   $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ) {
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/heat_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/heat_db_sync_spec.rb
index d984144c..6d4983ba 100644
--- a/spec/classes/heat_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/heat_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe 'heat::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs heat-manage db_sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('heat-dbsync').with(
-        :command     => 'heat-manage --config-file /etc/heat/heat.conf db_sync',
+        :command     => 'heat-manage  db_sync',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'heat',
         :refreshonly => 'true',