diff --git a/ccm-core/build-hooks.xml b/ccm-core/build-hooks.xml
index 6f5d7f832..2d51f0f22 100755
--- a/ccm-core/build-hooks.xml
+++ b/ccm-core/build-hooks.xml
@@ -44,14 +44,12 @@
 
   <target name="clean-build-hook"/>
   <target name="clean-tests-hook"/>
+
   <target name="deploy-hook">
-    <condition value="${deploy.dir}/conf" property="deploy.conf.dir">
-        <not>
-            <isset property="deploy.conf.dir"/>
-        </not>
-    </condition>
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.conf.dir}"/>
-    <copy todir="${deploy.conf.dir}" file="${src.dir}/log4j.properties"/>
+    <fail message="Property deploy.dir.ccm-core not defined." 
+          unless="deploy.dir.ccm-core" />
+    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir.ccm-core}/WEB-INF/conf"/>
+    <copy todir="${deploy.dir.ccm-core}/WEB-INF/conf" file="${src.dir}/log4j.properties"/>
   </target>
 
 </project>