diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index 172048b860..f66aa8b094 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -359,12 +359,9 @@ function configure_ironic_conductor {
     iniset $IRONIC_CONF_FILE pxe tftp_root $IRONIC_TFTPBOOT_DIR
     iniset $IRONIC_CONF_FILE pxe tftp_master_path $IRONIC_TFTPBOOT_DIR/master_images
 
-    local pxe_params=""
-    if [[ "$IRONIC_VM_LOG_CONSOLE" == "True" ]] ; then
-        pxe_params+="nofb nomodeset vga=normal console=ttyS0"
-        if is_deployed_with_ipa_ramdisk; then
-            pxe_params+=" systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
-        fi
+    local pxe_params="nofb nomodeset vga=normal console=ttyS0"
+    if is_deployed_with_ipa_ramdisk; then
+        pxe_params+=" systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
     fi
     # When booting with less than 1GB, we need to switch from default tmpfs
     # to ramfs for ramdisks to decompress successfully.
diff --git a/devstack/tools/ironic/scripts/configure-vm.py b/devstack/tools/ironic/scripts/configure-vm.py
index 2d5a9adf17..3bf8ebeb74 100755
--- a/devstack/tools/ironic/scripts/configure-vm.py
+++ b/devstack/tools/ironic/scripts/configure-vm.py
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ CONSOLE_LOG = """
 """
 
 
+CONSOLE_PTY = """
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target port='0'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+"""
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Configure a kvm virtual machine for the seed image.")
@@ -91,11 +101,9 @@ def main():
             params['emulator'] = "/usr/bin/qemu-kvm"
 
     if args.console_log:
-        params['bios_serial'] = "<bios useserial='yes'/>"
-        params['console_log'] = CONSOLE_LOG % {'console_log': args.console_log}
+        params['console'] = CONSOLE_LOG % {'console_log': args.console_log}
     else:
-        params['bios_serial'] = ''
-        params['console_log'] = ''
+        params['console'] = CONSOLE_PTY
     libvirt_template = source_template % params
     conn = libvirt.open("qemu:///system")
 
diff --git a/devstack/tools/ironic/templates/vm.xml b/devstack/tools/ironic/templates/vm.xml
index ae7d685256..0131e15929 100644
--- a/devstack/tools/ironic/templates/vm.xml
+++ b/devstack/tools/ironic/templates/vm.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <type arch='%(arch)s' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type>
     <boot dev='%(bootdev)s'/>
     <bootmenu enable='no'/>
-    %(bios_serial)s
+    <bios useserial='yes'/>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
     </video>
-    %(console_log)s
+    %(console)s
     <memballoon model='virtio'>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
     </memballoon>