diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c3aa62d1e7e09d09d35eb0d639b74225b8090941..ff26b0ab2d4251750b71552374c0baa06906ba3c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <property name="dbtype" value="mysql" /><!-- use pgsql for PostgreSQL -->
   <property name="mysqlhost" value="localhost" />
   <property name="mysqlrootuser" value="root" />
+  <property name="mysqlrootpass" value="password" />
   <property name="pgsqlhost" value="localhost" />
   <property name="pgsqlrootuser" value="postgres" />
   <property name="version" value="2.3" />
@@ -25,10 +26,7 @@
     <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
       <property name="mysqlrootpass" value="-p${mysqlrootpass}" />
       </then></if>
-  </then>
-  <else>
-    <property name="mysqlrootpass" value="-ppassword" />
-  </else></if>
+  </then></if>
 
   <!-- Main Target -->
   <target name="main" description="main target">