diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/util/ServerUtils.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/util/ServerUtils.java
index b6fda36e2c4f5690e83612850b2d9d80fec0717b..748f582b7149f7a16378ded450607efc77e3dc64 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/util/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/util/ServerUtils.java
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ public class ServerUtils
      * Extracts from the comma-separated list of strings all distinct strings.
      * 
      * @return an empty list if the argument is <code>null</code>, an empty string or starts with
-     *         '${'.
+     *         '$'.
      */
     public static Set<String> extractSet(String commaSeparatedList)
     {
         Set<String> result = new HashSet<String>();
-        if (commaSeparatedList != null && commaSeparatedList.startsWith("${") == false)
+        if (commaSeparatedList != null && commaSeparatedList.startsWith("$") == false)
         {
             String[] terms = commaSeparatedList.split(",");
             for (String term : terms)