diff --git a/roles/messaging/base/templates/messaging.toml.j2 b/roles/messaging/base/templates/messaging.toml.j2
index 610e46a379..56c75e3f76 100644
--- a/roles/messaging/base/templates/messaging.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/messaging/base/templates/messaging.toml.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-amqp_url = "amqps://{{ msg_config.username }}{{ env_suffix }}:@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fpubsub"
+amqp_url = "amqps://{{ msg_username }}{{ env_suffix }}:@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fpubsub"
 
 # The topic_prefix configuration value will add a prefix to the topics of every sent message.
 # This is used for migrating from fedmsg, and should not be used afterwards.