diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
index 01a293b1c5982d4b1905a67291680c67c862105c..41d7d3f184e15409f87eee7afe2ee5f1ebc460c5 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ include_once("miscUtil.php");
 
 $build_distribution="@build_distribution@";
 
+$displayBuildNotes=false;
+
 $buildBranch="@buildBranch@";
 $build="@build@";
 $type="@type@";
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
index f02d667c73a4425bf8632125a9c88ae8a7a687c5..7a10008b26875f42afff3fb51f66f36599558447 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/jsdt.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
@@ -653,11 +653,14 @@ else {
 		<table border=0 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 width="90%" align="center">
 
 			<tr>
-				<td><!-- 
-				Its silly to always display 'Build notes', but hard to 
-				compute if required or not. 
-				<a href="buildNotes.php">Build notes</a> <br /> 
-				--> <a href="directory.txt">map files</a> <br />
+				<td> 
+				<?php 
+				if (isset($displayBuildNotes) && $displayBuildNotes) {
+				   echo "<a href=\"buildNotes.php\">Build notes</a> <br />"; 
+				}
+				?>
+				
+				<a href="directory.txt">map files</a> <br />
 				<?php
 
 				if (file_exists("components")) {
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
index 171b880a3253ee59461bf8f8b5ee16b8a152b6a8..e79fae2c84e97d8d1fb750dfe5f44025e09e2665 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/buildvariables.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include_once("miscUtil.php");
 
 $build_distribution="@build_distribution@";
 
-$displayBuildNotes="true";
+$displayBuildNotes=true;
 
 $buildBranch="@buildBranch@";
 $build="@build@";
diff --git a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
index c22d06471bc1f901fa1068e925a2bfdb09feb5b3..413b813cc0c36f2f0e2bb453561162ed7deab6c4 100644
--- a/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
+++ b/releng.wtpbuilder/distribution/patches32x.site/templateFiles/index.html.template.php
@@ -655,7 +655,12 @@ else {
 
 			<tr>
 				<td> 
-				<a href="buildNotes.php">Build notes</a> <br /> 
+				<?php 
+				if (isset($displayBuildNotes) && $displayBuildNotes) {
+				   echo "<a href=\"buildNotes.php\">Build notes</a> <br />"; 
+				}
+				?>
+				
 				<a href="directory.txt">map files</a> <br />
 				<?php