diff --git a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
index de4ec2ac29412cc867897a3e00ba66d5386d3efe..9eb6ac093d87576dcfe34a2aa001ea678a9b7a9d 100644
--- a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
+++ b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
@@ -1038,7 +1038,10 @@ VAN_DER_WAALS = [
     None,
     {
         'xc_terms': [{
-            'XC_functional_name': "x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+            'XC_functional_name': "VDW_C_DF1",
+        }],
+        'xc_terms_subtract': [{
+            'XC_functional_name': "LDA_C_PW",
         }],
         'xc_section_method': {
             'x_qe_xc_inlc_name':       "vdw1",
diff --git a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
index c6eace4c8e9fe5a72255a95c328c63dea7763996..5660e495def83836475e2310e08439aed765e6aa 100644
--- a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
+++ b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 REVPBE ( 1  4  4  4 0 0)
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-C09 ( 1  4 16  0 1 0)
 {
-  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_C09X+LDA_C_PW+x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_C09X+VDW_C_DF1",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr": 4,
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_comment": "Perdew-Wang",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_name": "pw",
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-C09 ( 1  4 16  0 1 0)
     "XC_functional_name": "GGA_X_C09X"
   },
   {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_VDW_DF1"
+    "XC_functional_name": "VDW_C_DF1"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 PZ ( 1  1  0  0 0 0)
@@ -274,7 +271,7 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 PZ ( 1  1  0  0 0 0)
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-OB86 ( 1  4 24  0 1 0)
 {
-  "XC_functional": "LDA_C_PW+x_qe_GGA_X_OPTB86_VDW+x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+  "XC_functional": "VDW_C_DF1+x_qe_GGA_X_OPTB86_VDW",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr": 4,
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_comment": "Perdew-Wang",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_name": "pw",
@@ -290,13 +287,10 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-OB86 ( 1  4 24  0 1 0)
 }
 [
   {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
+    "XC_functional_name": "VDW_C_DF1"
   },
   {
     "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_GGA_X_OPTB86_VDW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_VDW_DF1"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 RVV10 ( 1  4 13  4 3 0)
@@ -508,7 +502,7 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 SLA+PW+Q2DX+Q2DC ( 1  4 19 12 0 0)
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF ( 1 4 4 0 1)
 {
-  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_PBE_R+LDA_C_PW+x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_PBE_R+VDW_C_DF1",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr": 4,
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_comment": "Perdew-Wang",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_name": "pw",
@@ -527,15 +521,12 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF ( 1 4 4 0 1)
     "XC_functional_name": "GGA_X_PBE_R"
   },
   {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_VDW_DF1"
+    "XC_functional_name": "VDW_C_DF1"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-OBK8 ( 1  4 23  0 1 0)
 {
-  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_OPTB88_VDW+LDA_C_PW+x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_OPTB88_VDW+VDW_C_DF1",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr": 4,
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_comment": "Perdew-Wang",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_name": "pw",
@@ -554,15 +545,12 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF-OBK8 ( 1  4 23  0 1 0)
     "XC_functional_name": "GGA_X_OPTB88_VDW"
   },
   {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_VDW_DF1"
+    "XC_functional_name": "VDW_C_DF1"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF ( 1  4  4  0 1 0)
 {
-  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_PBE_R+LDA_C_PW+x_qe_VDW_DF1",
+  "XC_functional": "GGA_X_PBE_R+VDW_C_DF1",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr": 4,
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_comment": "Perdew-Wang",
   "x_qe_xc_icorr_name": "pw",
@@ -581,10 +569,7 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF ( 1  4  4  0 1 0)
     "XC_functional_name": "GGA_X_PBE_R"
   },
   {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "x_qe_VDW_DF1"
+    "XC_functional_name": "VDW_C_DF1"
   }
 ]
 qe_xc: 0.00 VDW-DF2 ( 1  4 13  0 2 0)