diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index 44a3000eb1..1eb9a4c45e 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -284,18 +285,18 @@ SYSTEM-DIRECTORY is the name of the directory of the 'system' derivation."
     (unless register-closures?
       (reset-timestamps target))))
 
-(define (register-grub.cfg-root target grub.cfg)
-  "On file system TARGET, register GRUB.CFG as a GC root."
+(define (register-grub.cfg-root target bootcfg)
+  "On file system TARGET, register BOOTCFG as a GC root."
   (let ((directory (string-append target "/var/guix/gcroots")))
     (mkdir-p directory)
-    (symlink grub.cfg (string-append directory "/grub.cfg"))))
+    (symlink bootcfg (string-append directory "/grub.cfg"))))
 
 (define* (initialize-hard-disk device
                                #:key
                                grub.cfg
                                (partitions '()))
   "Initialize DEVICE as a disk containing all the <partition> objects listed
-in PARTITIONS, and using GRUB.CFG as its bootloader configuration file.
+in PARTITIONS, and using BOOTCFG as its bootloader configuration file.
 
 Each partition is initialized by calling its 'initializer' procedure,
 passing it a directory name where it is mounted."
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index ddb8981ec8..374d8b6636 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ to USB sticks meant to be read-only."
                   #:copy-inputs? #t
                   #:register-closures? #t
                   #:inputs `(("system" ,os-drv)
-                             ("grub.cfg" ,bootcfg))))))
+                             ("bootcfg" ,bootcfg))))))
 
 (define* (system-qemu-image os
                             #:key
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ of the GNU system as described by OS."
                    #:disk-image-size disk-image-size
                    #:file-system-type file-system-type
                    #:inputs `(("system" ,os-drv)
-                              ("grub.cfg" ,bootcfg))
+                              ("bootcfg" ,bootcfg))
                    #:copy-inputs? #t))))
 
 
@@ -425,14 +426,14 @@ bootloader refers to: OS kernel, initrd, bootloader data, etc."
   (mlet* %store-monad ((os-drv   (operating-system-derivation os))
                        (bootcfg  (operating-system-bootcfg os)))
     ;; XXX: When FULL-BOOT? is true, we end up creating an image that contains
-    ;; GRUB.CFG and all its dependencies, including the output of OS-DRV.
+    ;; BOOTCFG and all its dependencies, including the output of OS-DRV.
     ;; This is more than needed (we only need the kernel, initrd, GRUB for its
     ;; font, and the background image), but it's hard to filter that.
     (qemu-image #:os-derivation os-drv
                 #:grub-configuration bootcfg
                 #:disk-image-size disk-image-size
                 #:inputs (if full-boot?
-                             `(("grub.cfg" ,bootcfg))
+                             `(("bootcfg" ,bootcfg))
                              '())
 
                 ;; XXX: Passing #t here is too slow, so let it off by default.