diff --git a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args b/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args
deleted file mode 100644
index f9fcd675d..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-######################################################################
-## Erlang VM Args
-######################################################################
-
-## NOTE:
-##
-## Arguments configured in this file might be overridden by configs from `emqx.conf`.
-##
-## Some basic VM arguments are to be configured in `emqx.conf`,
-## such as `node.name` for `-name` and `node.cooke` for `-setcookie`.
-
-## Sets the maximum number of simultaneously existing processes for this system.
-+P 16384
-## Sets the maximum number of simultaneously existing ports for this system.
-+Q 4096
-
-## Sets the maximum number of ETS tables
-+e 512
-
-## Sets the maximum number of atoms the virtual machine can handle.
-+t 262144
-
-## Set the location of crash dumps
--env ERL_CRASH_DUMP {{ platform_log_dir }}/crash.dump
-
-## Set how many times generational garbages collections can be done without
-## forcing a fullsweep collection.
--env ERL_FULLSWEEP_AFTER 0
-
-## Heartbeat management; auto-restarts VM if it dies or becomes unresponsive
-## (Disabled by default..use with caution!)
--heart
-
-## Specify the erlang distributed protocol.
-## Can be one of: inet_tcp, inet6_tcp, inet_tls
-#-proto_dist inet_tcp
-
-## The shell is started in a restricted mode.
-## In this mode, the shell evaluates a function call only if allowed.
-## Prevent user from accidentally calling a function from the prompt that could harm a running system.
--stdlib restricted_shell emqx_restricted_shell
-
-## Specify SSL Options in the file if using SSL for Erlang Distribution.
-## Used only when -proto_dist set to inet_tls
-#-ssl_dist_optfile {{ platform_etc_dir }}/ssl_dist.conf
-
-## Specifies the net_kernel tick time in seconds.
-## This is the approximate time a connected node may be unresponsive until
-## it is considered down and thereby disconnected.
-#-kernel net_ticktime 60
-
-## Sets the distribution buffer busy limit (dist_buf_busy_limit).
-+zdbbl 1024
-
-## Sets default scheduler hint for port parallelism.
-+spp false
-
-## Sets the number of threads in async thread pool. Valid range is 0-1024.
-## Increase the parameter if there are many simultaneous file I/O operations.
-+A 1
-
-## Sets the default heap size of processes to the size Size.
-#+hms 233
-
-## Sets the default binary virtual heap size of processes to the size Size.
-#+hmbs 46422
-
-## Sets the default maximum heap size of processes to the size Size.
-## Defaults to 0, which means that no maximum heap size is used.
-##For more information, see process_flag(max_heap_size, MaxHeapSize).
-#+hmax 0
-
-## Sets the default value for process flag message_queue_data. Defaults to on_heap.
-#+hmqd on_heap | off_heap
-
-## Sets the number of IO pollsets to use when polling for I/O.
-+IOp 1
-
-## Sets the number of IO poll threads to use when polling for I/O.
-+IOt 1
-
-## Sets the number of scheduler threads to create and scheduler threads to set online.
-+S 1:1
-
-## Sets the number of dirty CPU scheduler threads to create and dirty CPU scheduler threads to set online.
-+SDcpu 1:1
-
-## Sets the number of dirty I/O scheduler threads to create.
-+SDio 1
-
-## Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for scheduler threads.
-#+sss 32
-
-## Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for dirty CPU scheduler threads.
-#+sssdcpu 40
-
-## Suggested stack size, in kilowords, for dirty IO scheduler threads.
-#+sssdio 40
-
-## Sets scheduler bind type.
-## Can be one of: u, ns, ts, ps, s, nnts, nnps, tnnps, db
-#+sbt db
-
-## Sets a user-defined CPU topology.
-#+sct L0-3c0-3p0N0:L4-7c0-3p1N1
-
-## Sets the mapping of warning messages for error_logger
-#+W w
-
-## Sets time warp mode: no_time_warp | single_time_warp | multi_time_warp
-#+C no_time_warp
-
-## Prevents loading information about source filenames and line numbers.
-+L
-
-## Specifies how long time (in milliseconds) to spend shutting down the system.
-## See: http://erlang.org/doc/man/erl.html
--shutdown_time 10000
-
-## patches dir
--pa "{{ platform_data_dir }}/patches"
-
-## Mnesia thresholds
--mnesia dump_log_write_threshold 5000
--mnesia dump_log_time_threshold 60000
diff --git a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args b/apps/emqx/etc/vm.args.cloud
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args
rename to apps/emqx/etc/vm.args.cloud
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 66ce8e9c7..87da52b6b 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ defmodule EMQXUmbrella.MixProject do
     vm_args_template_path =
       case release_type do
         :cloud ->
-          "apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args"
+          "apps/emqx/etc/vm.args.cloud"
       end
 
     render_template(
diff --git a/rebar.config.erl b/rebar.config.erl
index 5a73b2b93..bb790dd7c 100644
--- a/rebar.config.erl
+++ b/rebar.config.erl
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ emqx_etc_overlay(ReleaseType, Edition) ->
         emqx_etc_overlay_common().
 
 emqx_etc_overlay_per_rel(cloud) ->
-    [{"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args", "etc/vm.args"}].
+    [{"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx/etc/vm.args.cloud", "etc/vm.args"}].
 
 emqx_etc_overlay_common() ->
     [{"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx/etc/ssl_dist.conf", "etc/ssl_dist.conf"}].