diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/README.rst b/tools/acrn-manager/README.rst
index 058030d0e..c78d82e16 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/README.rst
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/README.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ The ``acrnd`` daemon process provides a way for launching or resuming a UOS
 should the UOS shut down, either planned or unexpected. A UOS can ask ``acrnd``
 to set up a timer to make sure the UOS is running, even if the SOS is
 suspended or stopped.
-The ``acrnd`` daemon stores pending UOS work to ``/opt/acrn/conf/timer_list``
+The ``acrnd`` daemon stores pending UOS work to ``/usr/share/acrn/conf/timer_list``
 and sets an RTC timer to wake up the SOS or bring the SOS back up again.
 When ``acrnd`` daemon is restarted, it restores the previously saved timer
 list and launches the UOSs at the right time.
diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c b/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
index 296503d3f..7e17ce5ef 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ static void _scan_alive_vm(void)
 	int pid;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = check_dir(ACRN_DM_SOCK_ROOT);
+	ret = check_dir(ACRN_DM_SOCK_PATH);
 	if (ret) {
 		pdebug();
 		return;
 	}
 
-	dir = opendir(ACRN_DM_SOCK_ROOT);
+	dir = opendir(ACRN_DM_SOCK_PATH);
 	if (!dir) {
 		pdebug();
 		return;
@@ -223,22 +223,19 @@ static void _scan_added_vm(void)
 	char suffix[128];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (check_dir("/opt") || check_dir("/opt/acrn"))
-		return;
-
-	ret = check_dir(ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT);
+	ret = check_dir(ACRN_CONF_PATH);
 	if (ret) {
 		pdebug();
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ret = check_dir("/opt/acrn/conf/add");
+	ret = check_dir(ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD);
 	if (ret) {
 		pdebug();
 		return;
 	}
 
-	dir = opendir("/opt/acrn/conf/add");
+	dir = opendir(ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD);
 	if (!dir) {
 		pdebug();
 		return;
@@ -374,8 +371,8 @@ int start_vm(const char *vmname)
 {
 	char cmd[128];
 
-	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "bash %s/add/%s.sh $(cat %s/add/%s.args)",
-			ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, vmname, ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
+	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "bash %s/%s.sh $(cat %s/%s.args)",
+			ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, vmname, ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
 		printf("ERROR: command is truncated\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.c b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.c
index 140018fab..3df8eba9b 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "acrnctl.h"
 #include "ioc.h"
 
-#define ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT	"/opt/acrn/conf"
-
 #define ACMD(CMD,FUNC,DESC, VALID_ARGS) \
 {.cmd = CMD, .func = FUNC, .desc = DESC, .valid_args = VALID_ARGS}
 
@@ -330,7 +328,7 @@ static int acrnctl_do_add(int argc, char *argv[])
 		goto get_vmname;
 	}
 
-	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "mkdir -p %s/add", ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT)
+	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "mkdir -p %s", ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD)
 			>= sizeof(cmd)) {
 		printf("ERROR: cmd is truncated\n");
 		ret = -1;
@@ -346,16 +344,16 @@ static int acrnctl_do_add(int argc, char *argv[])
 		goto vm_exist;
 	}
 
-	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "cp %s.back %s/add/%s.sh", argv[1],
-		 ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
+	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "cp %s.back %s/%s.sh", argv[1],
+		 ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
 		printf("ERROR: cmd is truncated\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto vm_exist;
 	}
 	system(cmd);
 
-	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "echo %s >%s/add/%s.args", args,
-		 ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
+	if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "echo %s >%s/%s.args", args,
+		 ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, vmname) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
 		printf("ERROR: cmd is truncated\n");
 		ret = -1;
 		goto vm_exist;
@@ -438,14 +436,14 @@ static int acrnctl_do_del(int argc, char *argv[])
 			       state_str[s->state]);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "rm -f %s/add/%s.sh",
-			 ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, argv[i]) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
+		if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "rm -f %s/%s.sh",
+			 ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, argv[i]) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
 			printf("WARN: cmd is truncated\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		system(cmd);
-		if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "rm -f %s/add/%s.args",
-			 ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT, argv[i]) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
+		if (snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "rm -f %s/%s.args",
+			 ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD, argv[i]) >= sizeof(cmd)) {
 			printf("WARN: cmd is truncated\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
index c50399199..bc05a09a2 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
-#define ACRNCTL_OPT_ROOT        "/opt/acrn/conf"
-#define ACRN_DM_SOCK_ROOT       "/run/acrn/mngr"
+#define ACRN_CONF_PATH		"/usr/share/acrn/conf"
+#define ACRN_CONF_PATH_ADD	ACRN_CONF_PATH "/add"
+#define ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST	ACRN_CONF_PATH "/timer_list"
+
+#define ACRN_DM_SOCK_PATH	"/run/acrn/mngr"
 
 #define MAX_NAME_LEN            (32)
 
diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnd.c b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnd.c
index dd30c638e..9cc10b28c 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnd.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnd.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ void acrnd_vm_timer_func(struct work_arg *arg)
 	}
 }
 
-#define TIMER_LIST_FILE "/opt/acrn/conf/timer_list"
 static pthread_mutex_t timer_file_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /* load/store_timer_list to file to keep timers if SOS poweroff */
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ static int load_timer_list(void)
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&timer_file_mutex);
 
-	fp = fopen(TIMER_LIST_FILE, "r");
+	fp = fopen(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST, "r");
 	if (!fp) {
 		perror("Open timer list file");
 		ret = -1;
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ static int store_timer_list(void)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&timer_file_mutex);
-	fp = fopen(TIMER_LIST_FILE, "w+");
+	fp = fopen(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST, "w+");
 	if (!fp) {
 		perror("Open timer list file");
 		ret = -1;
@@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ static int store_timer_list(void)
 	if (sys_wakeup) {
 		set_sos_timer(sys_wakeup);
 	} else {
-		unlink(TIMER_LIST_FILE);
+		unlink(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST);
 	}
 
 	fclose(fp);
@@ -584,7 +583,7 @@ void handle_acrnd_resume(struct mngr_msg *msg, int client_fd, void *param)
 
 	if (wakeup_reason & CBC_WK_RSN_RTC) {
 		/* wakeup by RTC timer */
-		if (!stat(TIMER_LIST_FILE, &st)
+		if (!stat(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST, &st)
 			&& S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
 			ack.data.err = load_timer_list();
 			if (ack.data.err == 0) {
@@ -602,7 +601,7 @@ void handle_acrnd_resume(struct mngr_msg *msg, int client_fd, void *param)
 	}
 
 reply_ack:
-	unlink(TIMER_LIST_FILE);
+	unlink(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST);
 
 	if (client_fd > 0)
 		mngr_send_msg(client_fd, &ack, NULL, 0);
@@ -677,7 +676,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	unlink(TIMER_LIST_FILE);
+	unlink(ACRN_CONF_TIMER_LIST);
 
 	atexit(handle_on_exit);