diff --git a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
index 860f6ffdd1..02ef2994ef 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
+++ b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ if [[ -c /dev/kvm ]]; then
     chown root:kvm /dev/kvm
 fi
 
-if [ "x${LIBVIRT_CEPH_ENABLED}" == "xTrue" ] ; then
+if [ -n "${LIBVIRT_CEPH_SECRET_UUID}" ] ; then
   libvirtd --listen &
 
-  LIBVIRT_SECRET_DEF=$(mktemp --suffix .xml)
+  tmpsecret=$(mktemp --suffix .xml)
   function cleanup {
-      rm -f ${LIBVIRT_SECRET_DEF}
+      rm -f "${tmpsecret}"
   }
   trap cleanup EXIT
 
@@ -64,16 +64,11 @@ if [ "x${LIBVIRT_CEPH_ENABLED}" == "xTrue" ] ; then
     fi
   done
 
-  if [ -z "${LIBVIRT_CEPH_SECRET_UUID}" ] ; then
-    echo "ERROR: No libvirt Secret UUID Supplied"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
   if [ -z "${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}" ] ; then
     CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING=$(sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*key[[:blank:]]\+=[[:space:]]\(.*\)/\1/p' /etc/ceph/ceph.client.${CEPH_CINDER_USER}.keyring)
   fi
 
-  cat > ${LIBVIRT_SECRET_DEF} <<EOF
+  cat > ${tmpsecret} <<EOF
 <secret ephemeral='no' private='no'>
   <uuid>${LIBVIRT_CEPH_SECRET_UUID}</uuid>
   <usage type='ceph'>
@@ -82,7 +77,7 @@ if [ "x${LIBVIRT_CEPH_ENABLED}" == "xTrue" ] ; then
 </secret>
 EOF
 
-  virsh secret-define --file ${LIBVIRT_SECRET_DEF}
+  virsh secret-define --file ${tmpsecret}
   virsh secret-set-value --secret "${LIBVIRT_CEPH_SECRET_UUID}" --base64 "${CEPH_CINDER_KEYRING}"
 
   # rejoin libvirtd
diff --git a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
index fff6108de5..c26c65b008 100644
--- a/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/libvirt/templates/daemonset-libvirt.yaml
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 0
           env:
-            {{- if .Values.ceph.enabled }}
-            - name: LIBVIRT_CEPH_ENABLED
-              value: "True"
             - name: CEPH_CINDER_USER
               value: "{{ .Values.ceph.cinder_user }}"
             {{- if .Values.ceph.cinder_keyring }}
@@ -57,10 +54,6 @@ spec:
             {{ end }}
             - name: LIBVIRT_CEPH_SECRET_UUID
               value: "{{ .Values.ceph.secret_uuid }}"
-            {{- else }}
-            - name: LIBVIRT_CEPH_ENABLED
-              value: "False"
-            {{- end }}
           command:
             - /tmp/ceph-keyring.sh
           volumeMounts: