diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/build.properties b/releng.wtpbuilder/build.properties
index 68e4640ff72d931e10b2b047e4f664a8318cf10e..c566196d12de87ac9e8c646b48182e0171dd11c3 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/build.properties
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/build.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ javacVerbose=true
 eclipse.builder=org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder
 eclipse.builder.version=M3_34
 #eclipse.builder.version=r322_v20070104
-eclipse.builder.fetch=true
+# uncomment if its desired to 'force' fetch of eclipse builder
+# (if not already defined from elsewhere)
+#eclipse.builder.fetch=true
+
 
 
 # WTP specific builder
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/build.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/build.xml
index d272f2fd7cd4df74cbe1fbc7872023739c712630..c5b75eab781eeccaba37b9b71c596a8b89c4ec28 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/build.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/build.xml
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
             <property
                 name="build.pack-all-in-one"
                 value="${build.pack-all-in-one}" />
-            <property
-                name="eclipse.builder.fetch"
-                value="${eclipse.builder.fetch}" />
             <property
                 name="logExtension"
                 value="${logExtension}" />
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/wtp.build/build.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/wtp.build/build.xml
index bcaacd290d0848a7e3302ab026d38ad6b55db5fa..04f0679822b9b789079e141ee887e711f1c766be 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/wtp.build/build.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/wtp.build/build.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@
 	<target name="getBaseBuilder" if="eclipse.builder.fetch">
 		<dirname file="${ant.file}" property="wtbuilder.dir" />
 		<property name="buildTargets" value="${wtp.builder.home}/scripts/build/runbuild.xml" />
-		<ant antfile="${buildTargets}" target="getBaseBuilder">
-			<property name="eclipse.builder.fetch" value="${eclipse.builder.fetch}" />
-		</ant>
+		<ant antfile="${buildTargets}" target="getBaseBuilder" />
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="package">