diff --git a/ear/plugin.jelly b/ear/plugin.jelly
index 710b70fa..dc0b85e0 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ear/plugin.jelly
@@ -101,19 +101,24 @@
            Check if there is no case-sensitive issues
           -->
           <util:file name="${lib.file.parent}/${lib.file.name}" var="checkFile" />
-          <j:if test="${(!checkFile.getAbsolutePath().equals(checkFile.getCanonicalPath()))}">
+          <util:file name="${maven.repo.local}" var="checkRepoDir" />
+          <j:set var="repoPathSize" value="${size(checkRepoDir.getCanonicalPath())}"/>
+          <j:set var="absolutePath" value="${checkFile.getAbsolutePath().substring(repoPathSize)}"/>
+          <j:set var="canonicalPath" value="${checkFile.getCanonicalPath().substring(repoPathSize)}"/>
+
+          <j:if test="${!absolutePath.equals(canonicalPath)}">
+             <!-- on some environments, the value of MAVEN_HOME might be different thant the
+                  cannonical path, which would make the above test to fail. So, we just show
+                  the warning if the repo -->
+             <util:file name="${maven.repo.local}" var="checkRepoDir" />
              <ant:echo>
 ############################################################################
 #      WARNING: possible case-sensitiveness issue within a dependency      #
 ############################################################################
-# One possibility is that the dependency was either retrieved in the past  #
-# with the wrong case or has been specified with the wrong case in your    #
-# project.xml file. If that is the case, fix your project.xml or update    # 
-# your local repository with the properly-cased file and try again.        #
-#                                                                          #
-# Another possibility is that your MAVEN_HOME is set with different cases  # 
-# than its canonical representation in your operating systems. If that's   #
-# the case, you can ignore this message or correct the value of MAVEN_HOME #
+# Looks like a the dependency was either retrieved in the past with the    #
+# wrong case or has been specified with the wrong case in your project.xml #
+# file. If that is the case, fix your project.xml or update your local     # 
+# repository with the properly-cased file and try again.                   #
 #                                                                          #
 # Reason for the warning:                                                  # 
 # the dependency ${dep.id} is located at:
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@
 # but was expected to be located at:
 '${checkFile.getCanonicalPath()}'
 ############################################################################
-</ant:echo>
+            </ant:echo>
           </j:if>
 
           <ear:setPath lib="${lib}" var="bundledPath"/>