diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
index da6b5ce69779e6d1f2d95b5841d7a8b7c65535e6..7f5654d7d3d07391646e4e8318329216d3f0eb26 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModuleSetBuild.java
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ public class MavenModuleSetBuild extends AbstractMavenBuild<MavenModuleSet,Maven
 
 
                         String settingsConfigId = project.getSettingConfigId();
-                        if (settingsConfigId != null) {
+                        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(settingsConfigId)) {
                             Config config = SettingsProviderUtils.findConfig( settingsConfigId, MavenSettingsProvider.class );
                             if (config == null) {
                                 logger.println(" your Apache Maven build is setup to use a config with id " + settingsConfigId
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ public class MavenModuleSetBuild extends AbstractMavenBuild<MavenModuleSet,Maven
                         }
 
                         String globalSettingsConfigId = project.getGlobalSettingConfigId();
-                        if (globalSettingsConfigId != null) {
+                        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(globalSettingsConfigId)) {
                             Config config = SettingsProviderUtils.findConfig( globalSettingsConfigId, GlobalMavenSettingsProvider.class );
                             if (config == null) {
                                 logger.println(" your Apache Maven build is setup to use a global settings config with id " + globalSettingsConfigId
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/RedeployPublisher.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/RedeployPublisher.java
index 0832ef9de58e64faa42b3442cc4acde40b25140c..7b65671562a49108515e900973f23902dc392f93 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/RedeployPublisher.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/RedeployPublisher.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class RedeployPublisher extends Recorder {
                 String settingsConfigId = mavenModuleSet.getSettingConfigId();
                 String altSettingsPath = null;
 
-                if (settingsConfigId != null) {
+                if (!StringUtils.isBlank(settingsConfigId)) {
                     Config config = SettingsProviderUtils.findConfig( settingsConfigId,
                                                                       MavenSettingsProvider.class );
                     if (config == null) {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class RedeployPublisher extends Recorder {
                 }
 
                 String globalSettingsConfigId = mavenModuleSet.getGlobalSettingConfigId();
-                if (globalSettingsConfigId != null) {
+                if (!StringUtils.isBlank(globalSettingsConfigId)) {
                     Config config = SettingsProviderUtils.findConfig( globalSettingsConfigId, GlobalMavenSettingsProvider.class );
                     if (config == null) {
                         listener.getLogger().println(