diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 199daee..f049095 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_dmz_host "$EC2_DMZ_HOST"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT keystone_ec2_url $KEYSTONE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$KEYSTONE_SERVICE_HOST:$KEYSTONE_SERVICE_PORT/v2.0/ec2tokens
-    iniset_rpc_backend nova $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT
+    iniset_rpc_backend nova $NOVA_CONF
     iniset $NOVA_CONF glance api_servers "${GLANCE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL}://${GLANCE_HOSTPORT}"
 
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT osapi_compute_workers "$API_WORKERS"