diff --git a/doc/source/guides/multinode-lab.rst b/doc/source/guides/multinode-lab.rst
index fb351f816e..c3574ac593 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/multinode-lab.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/multinode-lab.rst
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ machines, create a ``local.conf`` with:
     GLANCE_HOSTPORT=$SERVICE_HOST:9292
     ENABLED_SERVICES=n-cpu,q-agt,n-api-meta,c-vol,placement-client
     NOVA_VNC_ENABLED=True
-    NOVNCPROXY_URL="http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"
+    NOVNCPROXY_URL="http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_lite.html"
     VNCSERVER_LISTEN=$HOST_IP
     VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=$VNCSERVER_LISTEN
 
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 033ebf3697..c892c96fce 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -614,7 +614,16 @@ function configure_console_compute {
     # All nova-compute workers need to know the vnc configuration options
     # These settings don't hurt anything if n-xvnc and n-novnc are disabled
     if is_service_enabled n-cpu; then
-        NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
+        if [ "$NOVNC_FROM_PACKAGE" == "True" ]; then
+            # Use the old URL when installing novnc packages.
+            NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
+        elif vercmp ${NOVNC_BRANCH} "<" "1.0.0"; then
+             # Use the old URL when installing older novnc source.
+            NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
+        else
+            # Use the new URL when building >=v1.0.0 from source.
+            NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_lite.html"}
+        fi
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF vnc novncproxy_base_url "$NOVNCPROXY_URL"
         XVPVNCPROXY_URL=${XVPVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6081/console"}
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF vnc xvpvncproxy_base_url "$XVPVNCPROXY_URL"
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 652f2de0d5..d8c5f33dd3 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_BRANCH=${IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_BRANCH:-$TARGET_BRANCH}
 
 # a websockets/html5 or flash powered VNC console for vm instances
 NOVNC_REPO=${NOVNC_REPO:-https://github.com/novnc/noVNC.git}
-NOVNC_BRANCH=${NOVNC_BRANCH:-stable/v0.6}
+NOVNC_BRANCH=${NOVNC_BRANCH:-v1.0.0}
 
 # a websockets/html5 or flash powered SPICE console for vm instances
 SPICE_REPO=${SPICE_REPO:-http://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/spice/spice-html5.git}