diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 68c83179ab..52462e3abf 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ virConnectOpenInternal(const char *name,
     if (ret == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (virConfLoadConfig(&conf, NULL) < 0)
+    if (virConfLoadConfig(&conf, "libvirt.conf") < 0)
         goto failed;
 
     if (name && name[0] == '\0')
diff --git a/src/util/virconf.c b/src/util/virconf.c
index ee54072467..3e49f41b60 100644
--- a/src/util/virconf.c
+++ b/src/util/virconf.c
@@ -1566,20 +1566,16 @@ virConfLoadConfigPath(const char *name)
 {
     char *path;
     if (geteuid() == 0) {
-        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/libvirt/libvirt%s%s.conf",
-                        SYSCONFDIR,
-                        name ? "-" : "",
-                        name ? name : "") < 0)
+        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/libvirt/%s",
+                        SYSCONFDIR, name) < 0)
             return NULL;
     } else {
         char *userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!userdir)
             return NULL;
 
-        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/libvirt%s%s.conf",
-                        userdir,
-                        name ? "-" : "",
-                        name ? name : "") < 0) {
+        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/%s",
+                        userdir, name) < 0) {
             VIR_FREE(userdir);
             return NULL;
         }