diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index b332888028..e8bdccc63f 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ type Telemetry struct {
 	// should be used based on *where* this particular instance is running.
 	// (e.g. a specific geo location or datacenter, dc:sfo)
 	// Default: none
-	CirconusBrokerSelectTag string `mapstructure:"circonus_broker_search_tag"`
+	CirconusBrokerSelectTag string `mapstructure:"circonus_broker_select_tag"`
 }
 
 // Config is the configuration that can be set for an Agent.
@@ -754,47 +754,6 @@ func DecodeConfig(r io.Reader) (*Config, error) {
 				result.Telemetry.DogStatsdTags[i] = sub[i].(string)
 			}
 		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_api_token"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIToken == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIToken = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_api_app"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIApp == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIApp = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_api_url"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIURL == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusAPIURL = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_submission_url"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckSubmissionURL == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckSubmissionURL = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_submission_interval"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusSubmissionInterval == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusSubmissionInterval = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_check_id"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckID == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckID = sub.(string)
-		}
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_check_force_metric_activation"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckForceMetricActivation == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckForceMetricActivation = sub.(string)
-		}
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_check_instance_id"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckInstanceID == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckInstanceID = sub.(string)
-		}
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_check_search_tag"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckSearchTag == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusCheckSearchTag = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_broker_id"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusBrokerID == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusBrokerID = sub.(string)
-		}
-
-		if sub, ok := obj["circonus_broker_select_tag"]; ok && result.Telemetry.CirconusBrokerSelectTag == "" {
-			result.Telemetry.CirconusBrokerSelectTag = sub.(string)
-		}
 	}
 
 	// Decode
@@ -813,14 +772,12 @@ func DecodeConfig(r io.Reader) (*Config, error) {
 
 	// Check unused fields and verify that no bad configuration options were
 	// passed to Consul. There are a few additional fields which don't directly
-	// use mapstructure decoding, so we need to account for those as well.
+	// use mapstructure decoding, so we need to account for those as well. These
+	// telemetry-related fields used to be available as top-level keys, so they
+	// are here for backward compatibility with the old format.
 	allowedKeys := []string{
 		"service", "services", "check", "checks", "statsd_addr", "statsite_addr", "statsite_prefix",
 		"dogstatsd_addr", "dogstatsd_tags",
-		"circonus_api_token", "circonus_api_app",
-		"circonus_api_url", "circonus_submission_url", "circonus_submission_interval",
-		"circonus_check_id", "circonus_check_force_metric_activation", "circonus_check_instance_id",
-		"circonus_check_search_tag", "circonus_broker_id", "circonus_broker_select_tag",
 	}
 
 	var unused []string
diff --git a/command/agent/config_test.go b/command/agent/config_test.go
index df17f89bf1..06e5d85427 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_test.go
@@ -726,12 +726,12 @@ func TestDecodeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Circonus settings
-	input = `{"circonus_api_token": "12345678-1234-1234-12345678", "circonus_api_app": "testApp",
+	input = `{"telemetry": {"circonus_api_token": "12345678-1234-1234-12345678", "circonus_api_app": "testApp",
     "circonus_api_url": "https://api.host.foo/v2", "circonus_submission_interval": "15s",
     "circonus_submission_url": "https://submit.host.bar:123/one/two/three",
 	"circonus_check_id": "12345", "circonus_check_force_metric_activation": "true",
     "circonus_check_instance_id": "a:b", "circonus_check_search_tag": "c:d",
-    "circonus_broker_id": "6789", "circonus_broker_select_tag": "e:f"}`
+    "circonus_broker_id": "6789", "circonus_broker_select_tag": "e:f"} }`
 	config, err = DecodeConfig(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)