diff --git a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2 b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
index 8717fe688f..f75ffb310d 100644
--- a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
+++ b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ acl purge {
   "127.0.0.1"/32;
 }
 
-backend local-apache { 
+backend localapache { 
   .host = "127.0.0.1"; 
   .port = "8080";
   .probe = { 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ backend local-apache {
 }
 
 sub vcl_recv {
-    set req.backend_hint = apache-local;
+    set req.backend_hint = localapache;
     unset req.http.cookie;
     set req.http.clear-cookies = "yes";