diff --git a/lib/neutron-legacy b/lib/neutron-legacy
index 5e5207bc63..73123ef1d5 100644
--- a/lib/neutron-legacy
+++ b/lib/neutron-legacy
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function _determine_config_server {
 }
 
 function _determine_config_l3 {
-    local opts="--config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file=$Q_L3_CONF_FILE"
+    local opts="--config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $Q_L3_CONF_FILE"
     if is_service_enabled q-fwaas; then
         opts+=" --config-file $Q_FWAAS_CONF_FILE"
     fi
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ function start_mutnauq_l2_agent {
 }
 
 function start_mutnauq_other_agents {
-    run_process q-dhcp "$AGENT_DHCP_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file=$Q_DHCP_CONF_FILE"
+    run_process q-dhcp "$AGENT_DHCP_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $Q_DHCP_CONF_FILE"
 
     if is_service_enabled neutron-vpnaas; then
         :  # Started by plugin
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ function start_mutnauq_other_agents {
         run_process q-l3 "$AGENT_L3_BINARY $(determine_config_files neutron-l3-agent)"
     fi
 
-    run_process q-meta "$AGENT_META_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file=$Q_META_CONF_FILE"
-    run_process q-lbaas "$AGENT_LBAAS_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file=$LBAAS_AGENT_CONF_FILENAME"
+    run_process q-meta "$AGENT_META_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $Q_META_CONF_FILE"
+    run_process q-lbaas "$AGENT_LBAAS_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $LBAAS_AGENT_CONF_FILENAME"
     run_process q-metering "$AGENT_METERING_BINARY --config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $METERING_AGENT_CONF_FILENAME"
 
     if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'xenserver' ]; then
diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3 b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
index 3f038fde49..350aed8e37 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V4=${SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V4:-24}
 SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V6=${SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V6:-64}
 
 function _determine_config_l3 {
-    local opts="--config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file=$Q_L3_CONF_FILE"
+    local opts="--config-file $NEUTRON_CONF --config-file $Q_L3_CONF_FILE"
     echo "$opts"
 }