diff --git a/releng.control/addRepoProperties.sh b/releng.control/addRepoProperties.sh
index 16bde084a6fe58f7b15ac220ec59a5861c8dd2ef..6842b4d125b073529bd372ab8e4d422a33e35d59 100644
--- a/releng.control/addRepoProperties.sh
+++ b/releng.control/addRepoProperties.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ then
 fi
 
 export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_6_HOME}
-
 devJRE=$JAVA_HOME/jre/bin/java
 
 ibmDevArgs="-Xms128M -Xmx256M -Dosgi.ws=gtk -Dosgi.os=linux -Dosgi.arch=x86" 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ echo "APP_NAME:     " $APP_NAME
 $devJRE -version
 echo
 
-ECLIPSE_INSTALL=/shared/webtools/apps/eclipse361/eclipse
 
-$ECLIPSE_INSTALL/eclipse  -debug -nosplash -consolelog -console -data $devworkspace --launcher.suppressErrors -application ${APP_NAME} ${OTHER_ARGS} -vm $devJRE -vmargs $devArgs
+${ECLIPSE_EXE}  -debug -nosplash -consolelog -console -data $devworkspace --launcher.suppressErrors -application ${APP_NAME} ${OTHER_ARGS} -vm $devJRE -vmargs $devArgs
 
diff --git a/releng.control/install-relengTools.sh b/releng.control/install-relengTools.sh
index 538b9349d48a574be92f566f15e94f15218c3d06..6ed20ee1fe027fb6fbf10df631d3cc2dd3fd36f6 100644
--- a/releng.control/install-relengTools.sh
+++ b/releng.control/install-relengTools.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ OTHER_ARGS="-metadataRepository http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/releng/repo
 
 devworkspace=~/workspace-addRepoProperties
 
-JAVA_5_HOME=/shared/webtools/apps/ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-i386
-JAVA_6_HOME=/shared/webtools/apps/ibm-java-sdk-6.0-8.1-linux-i386
+# remember to leave no slashes on filename in source command,
+# (the commonVariations.shsource file, that is)
+# so that users path is used to find it (first)
+if [ -z $BUILD_INITIALIZED ]
+then
+   source commonVariations.shsource
+   source ${RELENG_CONTROL}/commonComputedVariables.shsource
+fi
+
 export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_6_HOME}
 devJRE=$JAVA_HOME/jre/bin/java
 
@@ -25,7 +32,5 @@ echo
 $devJRE -version
 echo
 
-ECLIPSE_INSTALL=/shared/webtools/apps/eclipse361/eclipse
-
-$ECLIPSE_INSTALL/eclipse -nosplash -console -data $devworkspace -application ${APP_NAME} ${OTHER_ARGS} -vm $devJRE -vmargs $devArgs
+${ECLIPSE_EXE} -nosplash -console -data $devworkspace -application ${APP_NAME} ${OTHER_ARGS} -vm $devJRE -vmargs $devArgs