diff --git a/components/mission_key_management/convert_config.py b/components/mission_key_management/convert_config.py
index 2acffbe..70b1b40 100644
--- a/components/mission_key_management/convert_config.py
+++ b/components/mission_key_management/convert_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '''
 Convert an MKM policy configuration from text to binary format.  The text
-format is TOML with sections like this:
+format is INI (as handled by Python's `configparser` module) with sections like
+this:
 
     [00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff]
     key0 = aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@
 `bbbb...`.
 '''
 import argparse
+import configparser
 import struct
-import tomllib
 
 MEASURE_SIZE = 32
 KEY_ID_SIZE = 1
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@
 
 def parse_args():
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    ap.add_argument('toml_path',
-        help='path to the input file in text/TOML format')
+    ap.add_argument('ini_path',
+        help='path to the input file in text/INI format')
     ap.add_argument('bin_path',
         help='path to the output file in binary format')
     return ap.parse_args()
@@ -38,10 +39,16 @@ def parse_hex(s):
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
-    t = tomllib.load(open(args.toml_path, 'rb'))
+
+    cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    cfg.read(args.ini_path)
+
     f = open(args.bin_path, 'wb')
 
-    for measure_str, keys in t.items():
+    for measure_str, keys in cfg.items():
+        if measure_str == 'DEFAULT' and len(keys) == 0:
+            continue
+
         measure = parse_hex(measure_str)
         assert len(measure) == MEASURE_SIZE, \
                 'expected measure to be %d bytes, but got %r (%d bytes)' \
diff --git a/components/mission_key_management/test_config.toml b/components/mission_key_management/test_config.ini
similarity index 62%
rename from components/mission_key_management/test_config.toml
rename to components/mission_key_management/test_config.ini
index e35edd1..71d3347 100644
--- a/components/mission_key_management/test_config.toml
+++ b/components/mission_key_management/test_config.ini
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # "measurement of valid client code"
 [6d6561737572656d656e74206f662076616c696420636c69656e7420636f6465]
 # "key for encrypting secret things"
-key0 = "6b657920666f7220656e6372797074696e6720736563726574207468696e6773"
+key0 = 6b657920666f7220656e6372797074696e6720736563726574207468696e6773
 # "another secret cryptographic key"
-key1 = "616e6f74686572207365637265742063727970746f67726170686963206b6579"
+key1 = 616e6f74686572207365637265742063727970746f67726170686963206b6579
 
 # Measurement of `test_attest_helper.py`
 [d2813a46b2a071670fca308762ec34a76a61d67a321b43cb7d252fe4cc1d92a7]
 # "extra key for test_attest to use"
-key0 = "6578747261206b657920666f7220746573745f61747465737420746f20757365"
+key0 = 6578747261206b657920666f7220746573745f61747465737420746f20757365
 
 # Measurement of `mkm_client`'s `run_client.sh` script
 [5bfaa5e5eddcc36e155bde859ac55e5277936791761a34b2c6bcb5da81b4746b]
 # "mkm_client uses this key to test"
-key0 = "6d6b6d5f636c69656e7420757365732074686973206b657920746f2074657374"
+key0 = 6d6b6d5f636c69656e7420757365732074686973206b657920746f2074657374