diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_config.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_config.c
index 2a4d58eab..4659f8f6a 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_config.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_config.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ static bool parse_cert(auth_data_t *auth, auth_rule_t rule, chunk_t v)
 	certificate_t *cert;
 
 	cert = lib->creds->create(lib->creds, CRED_CERTIFICATE, CERT_X509,
-							  BUILD_BLOB_PEM, v, BUILD_END);
+							  BUILD_BLOB, v, BUILD_END);
 	if (cert)
 	{
 		return add_cert(auth, rule, cert);
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ CALLBACK(parse_pubkeys, bool,
 	certificate_t *cert;
 
 	cert = lib->creds->create(lib->creds, CRED_CERTIFICATE, CERT_TRUSTED_PUBKEY,
-							  BUILD_BLOB_PEM, v, BUILD_END);
+							  BUILD_BLOB, v, BUILD_END);
 	if (cert)
 	{
 		return add_cert(auth, AUTH_RULE_SUBJECT_CERT, cert);
diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_cred.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_cred.c
index 6310fdcb8..02a3db7f1 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_cred.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_cred.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ CALLBACK(load_cert, vici_message_t*,
 	ext_flag = (flag & X509_CA) ? X509_NONE : flag;
 
 	cert = lib->creds->create(lib->creds, CRED_CERTIFICATE, type,
-							  BUILD_BLOB_PEM, data,
+							  BUILD_BLOB, data,
 							  BUILD_X509_FLAG, ext_flag,
 							  BUILD_END);
 	if (!cert)