diff --git a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
index 33fa6fb7..1ea2f513 100644
--- a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
@@ -342,8 +342,6 @@
       <ant:echo>Reading default project ${jbDefaultProject}</ant:echo>
       <u:properties file="${jbDefaultProject}" var="defaultProps" />
       <j:set var="authorLabel"      value="${defaultProps.getProperty('sys[0].AuthorLabel')}" />
-      <j:set var="backupPath"       value="${defaultProps.getProperty('sys[0].BackupPath')}" />
-      <j:set var="backupPath"       value="${backupPath.replaceAll('%%\|', ':')}" />
       <j:set var="beansInstantiate" value="${defaultProps.getProperty('sys[0].BeansInstantiate')}" />
       <j:set var="companyLabel"     value="${defaultProps.getProperty('sys[0].CompanyLabel')}" />
       <j:set var="copyrightLabel"   value="${defaultProps.getProperty('sys[0].CopyrightLabel')}" />