diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/scripts/build/buildutilities.xml b/releng.wtpbuilder/scripts/build/buildutilities.xml
index 95990c5a780ba004305cab93e639242667fa3d65..c2c94ced4788035ab780415194e4b6f3e3bfd700 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/scripts/build/buildutilities.xml
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/scripts/build/buildutilities.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
               failonerror="true"
               maxmemory="256m"
               dir="${buildDirectory}">
-            <arg line="#{logIfDebug}" />
+            <arg line="${logIfDebug}" />
             <arg line="-application org.eclipse.update.core.siteOptimizer" />
             <!-- note: this -processAll option is critical in this first step. 
             		For various reasons, jarProcessor is written to not act on