diff --git a/inventory_provider/config.py b/inventory_provider/config.py
index eac27acfca5e3567edb7d9a46aebd88a2f926792..abf3645f5fecd68dde442b48ed8818429ae17a67 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/config.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/config.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
             "properties": {
                 "hostname": {"type": "string"},
                 "port": {"type": "integer"},
-                "index": {"type": "integer"},
+                "celery-db-index": {"type": "integer"},
                 "socket_timeout": {"$ref": "#/definitions/timeout"}
             },
             "required": ["hostname", "port"],
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
             "properties": {
                 "hostname": {"type": "string"},
                 "port": {"type": "integer"},
-                "index": {"type": "integer"},
+                "celery-db-index": {"type": "integer"},
                 "name": {"type": "string"},
                 "redis_socket_timeout": {"$ref": "#/definitions/timeout"},
                 "sentinel_socket_timeout": {"$ref": "#/definitions/timeout"}
diff --git a/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py b/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
index 2ce619c3d8f83984ca343ccfe51cf2a6ab917ccc..2026f9a6a1a35878512d2c9cfd0e1e5b6f54c629 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from inventory_provider import config
-import redis.sentinel
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+DEFAULT_CELERY_DB_INDEX = 1
 
 assert os.path.isfile(os.environ['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_FILENAME']), (
         'config file %r not found' %
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if 'redis_socket_timeout' in params:
 _broker_hostname = params['hostname']
 _broker_port = params['port']
 
-_broker_db_index = params.get('index', 1)
+_broker_db_index = params.get('celery-db-index', DEFAULT_CELERY_DB_INDEX)
 
 if ':' in _broker_hostname:
     # assume this means hostname is an ipv6 address