diff --git a/templates.fif.json b/templates.fif.json
index 5714320b..65798c43 100644
--- a/templates.fif.json
+++ b/templates.fif.json
@@ -1889,10 +1889,10 @@
             "settings": {
                 "+ISO": "",
                 "DELAYED_START": "1",
+                "IS_PXE": "1",
                 "KICKSTART": "1",
                 "NICTYPE": "tap",
                 "PARALLEL_WITH": "support_server_2@%ARCH_BASE_MACHINE%",
-                "PXEBOOT": "once",
                 "ROOT_PASSWORD": "111111",
                 "TEST_TARGET": "COMPOSE",
                 "USER_LOGIN": "false",
diff --git a/tests/_boot_to_anaconda.pm b/tests/_boot_to_anaconda.pm
index 351d212f..10670b49 100644
--- a/tests/_boot_to_anaconda.pm
+++ b/tests/_boot_to_anaconda.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use anaconda;
 
 sub run {
     my $self = shift;
-    if (get_var("PXEBOOT")) {
+    if (get_var("IS_PXE")) {
         # PXE tests have DELAYED_START set, so VM is not running yet,
         # because if we boot immediately PXE will time out waiting for
         # DHCP before the support server is ready. So we wait here for
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sub run {
 
     # we need a longer timeout for the PXE boot test
     my $timeout = 30;
-    $timeout = 120 if (get_var("PXEBOOT"));
+    $timeout = 120 if (get_var("IS_PXE"));
 
     # call do_bootloader with postinstall=0, the params, and the mutex,
     # unless we're a VNC install client (no bootloader there)