1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
index 18a64ede80e..4d9b9ad51c1 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 QNX Software Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class MakeBuilder extends ACBuilder {
 			}
 		} else {
 			String argsStr = info.getBuildArguments();
-			if (argsStr != null && !argsStr.equals("")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			if (argsStr != null && !argsStr.isEmpty()) {
 				String[] newArgs = makeArray(argsStr);
 				args = new String[targets.length + newArgs.length];
 				System.arraycopy(newArgs, 0, args, 0, newArgs.length);