diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 6486e969e..616c80fe6 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #
 # [*extra_params*]
 #   (optional) String of extra command line parameters to append
-#   to the neutron-db-manage upgrade head command. These will be
+#   to the neutron-db-manage upgrade heads command. These will be
 #   inserted in the command line between 'neutron-db-manage' and
-#   'upgrade head'.
-#   Defaults to '--config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file /etc/neutron/plugin.ini'
+#   'upgrade heads'.
+#   Defaults to ''
 #
 class neutron::db::sync(
-  $extra_params = '--config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file /etc/neutron/plugin.ini',
+  $extra_params = '',
 ) {
 
   include ::neutron::deps
diff --git a/manifests/plugins/midonet.pp b/manifests/plugins/midonet.pp
index 6d81e0ff4..407727aca 100644
--- a/manifests/plugins/midonet.pp
+++ b/manifests/plugins/midonet.pp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class neutron::plugins::midonet (
   if $sync_db {
     Package<| title == 'python-networking-midonet' |> ~> Exec['midonet-db-sync']
     exec { 'midonet-db-sync':
-      command     => 'neutron-db-manage --subproject networking-midonet upgrade head',
+      command     => 'neutron-db-manage --subproject networking-midonet upgrade heads',
       path        => '/usr/bin',
       subscribe   => [
         Anchor['neutron::install::end'],
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
index 111755d93..dc07e58a1 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs neutron-db-sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('neutron-db-sync').with(
-        :command     => 'neutron-db-manage --config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file /etc/neutron/plugin.ini upgrade heads',
+        :command     => 'neutron-db-manage  upgrade heads',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,