--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Wed Jan 08 11:20:09 2014 -0800
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Wed Jan 22 14:18:33 2014 -0800
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@
   fi
 
   CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DARCH='\"$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_LEGACY\"' -D$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_LEGACY"
-  CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DRELEASE='\"$RELEASE\"'"
+  CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK -DRELEASE='\"\$(RELEASE)\"'"
 
   CCXXFLAGS_JDK="$CCXXFLAGS_JDK \
       -I${JDK_OUTPUTDIR}/include \