--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Tue Jan 07 10:56:57 2014 -0800
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Wed Jan 08 14:02:32 2014 +0100
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
   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 \