diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index d498c9f2..cfb9b76b 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class gnocchi::db::sync (
   include gnocchi::deps
 
   exec { 'gnocchi-db-sync':
-    command     => "gnocchi-upgrade --config-file /etc/gnocchi/gnocchi.conf ${extra_opts}",
+    command     => "gnocchi-upgrade ${extra_opts}",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
     refreshonly => true,
     user        => $user,
diff --git a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
index 185efde5..79474bed 100644
--- a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs gnocchi-manage db_sync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('gnocchi-db-sync').with(
-        :command     => 'gnocchi-upgrade --config-file /etc/gnocchi/gnocchi.conf ',
+        :command     => 'gnocchi-upgrade ',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :user        => 'gnocchi',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
             }
         end
         it { is_expected.to contain_exec('gnocchi-db-sync').with(
-            :command     => 'gnocchi-upgrade --config-file /etc/gnocchi/gnocchi.conf --skip-storage',
+            :command     => 'gnocchi-upgrade --skip-storage',
             :path        => '/usr/bin',
             :user        => 'gnocchi',
             :refreshonly => 'true',