diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ead6e1d124099014b153f22053d2f0737e596db3..340c6faf00760d1361f7cbc483bde1654985d272 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
 }
 
 task processResourcesTest << {
-	if (hasProperty('jenkinsBuild')) {
+	if (!isRelease) {
 		// we add a config-test.xml for SNAPSHOT releases (so that the cfg.tablePrefix is defined)
 		// otherwise testing and stable version would collide on testsystem
 		// and testing in jenkins would search for geoserver/postgis on jenkins-server