diff --git a/ear/plugin.jelly b/ear/plugin.jelly
index e00b601d..05626bbe 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ear/plugin.jelly
@@ -110,21 +110,20 @@
              <!-- 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      #
 ############################################################################
-# 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     # 
+# Looks like a 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 ${dep.id} is located at:
-'${checkFile.getAbsolutePath()}'
+# the dependency ${dep.id} is located (relatively to the local repo) at:
+'${absolutePath}'
 # but was expected to be located at:
-'${checkFile.getCanonicalPath()}'
+'${canonicalPath}'
 ############################################################################
             </ant:echo>
           </j:if>