diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b5277b4cba..e3e7ff758f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1957,26 +1957,8 @@ if conf.has('WITH_LIBVIRTD')
   endif
 
   if not get_option('storage_vstorage').disabled()
-    vstorage_enable = true
-
-    foreach name : ['vstorage', 'vstorage-mount', 'umount']
-      set_variable(
-        '@0@_prog'.format(name.underscorify()),
-        find_program(name, required: get_option('storage_vstorage'), dirs: libvirt_sbin_path)
-      )
-      if not get_variable('@0@_prog'.format(name.underscorify())).found()
-        vstorage_enable = false
-      endif
-    endforeach
-
-    if vstorage_enable
-      use_storage = true
-      conf.set('WITH_STORAGE_VSTORAGE', 1)
-      foreach name : ['vstorage', 'vstorage-mount', 'umount']
-        path = get_variable('@0@_prog'.format(name.underscorify())).path()
-        conf.set_quoted(name.to_upper(), path)
-      endforeach
-    endif
+    use_storage = true
+    conf.set('WITH_STORAGE_VSTORAGE', 1)
   endif
 
   if not get_option('storage_zfs').disabled()
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_vstorage.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_vstorage.c
index 6cff9f1bfe..7c67407bce 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_vstorage.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_vstorage.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ virStorageBackendVzPoolStart(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
 
     mode = g_strdup_printf("%o", def->target.perms.mode);
 
-    cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VSTORAGE_MOUNT,
+    cmd = virCommandNewArgList("vstorage-mount",
                                "-c", def->source.name,
                                def->target.path,
                                "-m", mode,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ virStorageBackendVzPoolStop(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
     if ((rc = virStorageBackendVzIsMounted(pool)) != 1)
         return rc;
 
-    cmd = virCommandNewArgList(UMOUNT, def->target.path, NULL);
+    cmd = virCommandNewArgList("umount", def->target.path, NULL);
     return virCommandRun(cmd, NULL);
 }