diff --git a/makeperlxcatrpm b/makeperlxcatrpm
index 2e5e0b4f6..933ad77bf 100755
--- a/makeperlxcatrpm
+++ b/makeperlxcatrpm
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ then
         #rpm -ba perl-xCAT.spec
         
         source=/opt/freeware/src/packages
-        rm -f $source/SRPMS/perl-xCAT*rpm $source/RPMS/ppc/perl-xCAT*rpm
         echo '.svn' > /tmp/xcat-excludes
-        tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf $source/perl-xCAT-$VER.tar perl-xCAT
+        tar -X /tmp/xcat-excludes -cf $source/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-$VER.tar perl-xCAT
         gzip -f $source/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-$VER.tar
+        rm -f $source/SRPMS/perl-xCAT*rpm $source/RPMS/ppc/perl-xCAT*rpm
         rpm -ba perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
         #rpm -ta $source/SOURCES/perl-xCAT-$VER.tar.gz
 else
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils b/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
index bd94e8764..0740a5842 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
+++ b/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 	fi
 BUILDDATE=`date`
 #echo ". '(${SVNREF}built $BUILDDATE)'"
-sed -i -e s/#XCATVERSIONSUBHERE/". '$VER'"/ -e s/#XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE/". ' (${SVNREF}built $BUILDDATE)'"/ xCAT/Utils.pm
+
+if [ "$(uname)" = "AIX" ]
+then
+	sed -e s/"#XCATVERSIONSUBHERE"/". '$VER'"/ -e s/"#XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE"/". ' (${SVNREF}built $BUILDDATE)'"/ xCAT/Utils.pm >xCAT/Utils.pm.new
+	mv xCAT/Utils.pm.new xCAT/Utils.pm
+else
+	sed -i -e s/"#XCATVERSIONSUBHERE"/". '$VER'"/ -e s/"#XCATSVNBUILDSUBHERE"/". ' (${SVNREF}built $BUILDDATE)'"/ xCAT/Utils.pm
+fi
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