diff --git a/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/dmeventd_mirror.c b/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/dmeventd_mirror.c
index 35224b5b9..e99b7a29f 100644
--- a/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/dmeventd_mirror.c
+++ b/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/dmeventd_mirror.c
@@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ int register_device(const char *device,
 	if (!dmeventd_lvm2_init_with_pool("mirror_state", state))
 		goto_bad;
 
+        /* CANNOT use --config as this disables cached content */
 	if (!dmeventd_lvm2_command(state->mem, state->cmd_lvconvert, sizeof(state->cmd_lvconvert),
-				   "lvconvert --config global{use_lvmetad = 0}' --repair --use-policies", device))
+				   "lvconvert --repair --use-policies", device))
 		goto_bad;
 
 	*user = state;