diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst-sdk/dependency.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst-sdk/dependency.xml
index ec790b98ddaecac694cb0e8f3b948b1b3bd21870..27699fdbd0de5e0ba1d54b4e05f0a01e73d3f943 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst-sdk/dependency.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst-sdk/dependency.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
     <target name="get">
 
+        <!-- read in this properties, just so we can make sure our requested pre-reqs are defined via {groupId}.url-->
+        <property 
+            file="${dependency.properties}"/>
 
         <mkdir dir="${buildDirectory}/maps/${env.RELENG}/maps" />
         <antcall target="getAndInstall">
@@ -23,6 +26,22 @@
                 name="base.install.dir"
                 value="${buildDirectory}/maps/${env.RELENG}/maps/" />
         </antcall>
+
+
+        <property
+            name="pde.builder.path"
+            value="${env.BASE_BUILDERS}/${eclipse.builder.version}/${eclipse.builder}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="pde.builder.path: ${pde.builder.path}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="eclipse.builder.version: ${eclipse.builder.version}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="eclipse.builder: ${eclipse.builder}" />
+
+
         <antcall target="getAndInstall">
             <param
                 name="groupId"
@@ -73,7 +92,7 @@
     </target>
 
 
-    <target name="getAndInstall">
+   <target name="getAndInstall" if="${groupId}.url">
         <ant
             antfile="${dependencyTargets}"
             target="checkDependency">
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst.tests/dependency.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst.tests/dependency.xml
index 6a8291cec42fce1e424aa2bc0f439da1d7edd525..88eabbe2053e0c618dc009496f00bd054034ed77 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst.tests/dependency.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst.tests/dependency.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
     <target name="get">
 
+        <!-- read in this properties, just so we can make sure our requested pre-reqs are defined via {groupId}.url-->
+        <property 
+            file="${dependency.properties}"/>
 
         <mkdir dir="${buildDirectory}/maps/${env.RELENG}/maps" />
         <antcall target="getAndInstall">
@@ -24,6 +27,22 @@
                 name="base.install.dir"
                 value="${buildDirectory}/maps/${env.RELENG}/maps/" />
         </antcall>
+
+
+        <property
+            name="pde.builder.path"
+            value="${env.BASE_BUILDERS}/${eclipse.builder.version}/${eclipse.builder}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="pde.builder.path: ${pde.builder.path}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="eclipse.builder.version: ${eclipse.builder.version}" />
+        <echo
+            level="debug"
+            message="eclipse.builder: ${eclipse.builder}" />
+
+
         <antcall target="getAndInstall">
             <param
                 name="groupId"
@@ -67,7 +86,7 @@
     </target>
 
 
-    <target name="getAndInstall">
+   <target name="getAndInstall" if="${groupId}.url">
         <ant
             antfile="${dependencyTargets}"
             target="checkDependency">
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst/dependency.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst/dependency.xml
index 029021722b27b1f134ccb57dfcc49ffe8cf3ed17..bf43e46763bee0e45d6bf070bdc7dc7bd3ec5628 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst/dependency.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/components/jst/dependency.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 
     <target name="get">
 
+        <!-- read in this properties, just so we can make sure our requested pre-reqs are defined via {groupId}.url-->
+        <property 
+            file="${dependency.properties}"/>
+
+
         <mkdir dir="${buildDirectory}/maps/${env.RELENG}/maps" />
         <antcall target="getAndInstall">
             <param
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@
     </target>
 
 
-    <target name="getAndInstall">
+   <target name="getAndInstall" if="${groupId}.url">
         <ant
             antfile="${dependencyTargets}"
             target="checkDependency">