diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
index 3f8d6e96b5e..0aa6b330e9b 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 		<property name="tagname" value="v${timestamp}"/>
 		<property name="testReports" value="${zipsdir}/testReports"/>
 		<property name="junit-report-output" value="${testReports}"/>
+		<property name="jvm1.5" value="/opt/public/common/ibm-java2-ppc-50/bin/java"/>
 		<condition property="onWindows">
 			<os family="windows"/>
 		</condition>
@@ -147,8 +148,8 @@
 	
     <target name="generate.p2.metadata">
     	<echo message="Generate p2 Metadata" />
-    	<property name="launcher" value="/opt/public/download-staging.priv/tools/cdt/releng/org.eclipse.cdt/all/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/tools/org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar"/>
-        <java jar="${launcher}" fork="true" timeout="10800000" jvm="/opt/public/common/ibm-java2-ppc-50/bin/java" failonerror="true" maxmemory="768m" error="${zipsdir}/p2errorlog.txt" dir="${buildDirectory}/eclipse" output="${zipsdir}/p2metadata.txt">
+    	<property name="launcher" value="${basedir}/tools/org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar"/>
+        <java jar="${launcher}" fork="true" timeout="10800000" jvm="${jvm1.5}" failonerror="true" maxmemory="768m" error="${zipsdir}/p2errorlog.txt" dir="${buildDirectory}/eclipse" output="${zipsdir}/p2metadata.txt">
             <arg line="-application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.generator.EclipseGenerator" />
             <arg line="-updateSite ${buildDirectory}/site/eclipse"/>
         	<arg line="-site file:${buildDirectory}/site/eclipse/site.xml"/>