diff --git a/maven.xml b/maven.xml
index be437dba..88e4e4e4 100644
--- a/maven.xml
+++ b/maven.xml
@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@
   </goal>
   <goal name="plugins:deploy-all-sites" description="Create and deploy the web site for all plugins">
     <!-- We don't want to have the question about to deploy the root site after each plugin -->
-    <ant:property name="skip.main.site" value="true"/>
-    <ant:property name="goal" value="site:deploy"/>
+    <j:set var="skipQuestion" value="true" scope="parent"/>
+    <j:set var="goal" value="site:deploy"/>
     <attainGoal name="multiproject:goal"/>
     <attainGoal name="multiproject:site"/>
     <attainGoal name="site:deploy"/>
   </goal>
   <goal name="confirm-and-deploy-site">
-    <j:set var="skipQuestion" value="${skip.main.site}"/>
-    <j:if test="${!empty(skipQuestion) and skipQuestion==true}">
+    <j:if test="${(skipQuestion == null) or not (skipQuestion == 'true')}">
       <i:ask question="Would you like to regenerate and deploy the main plugins site (y/n)?" answer="ok" default="y"/>
       <j:if test="${ok == 'y'}">
         <attainGoal name="multiproject:site"/>