diff --git a/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl b/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
index 9cb2b585..4759d845 100755
--- a/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if ($^O eq "linux")
 }
 my ($build_type);
 $build_type = Build::GetBuildType(Build::PathFormat('tools/buildbot/build_type'));
-if ($build_type == "dev")
+if ($build_type eq "dev")
 {
 	Build::Command(Build::PathFormat('tools/versionchanger.pl') . ' --buildstring="-dev"');
 }
diff --git a/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl b/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
index 9c2369c0..d3a9d533 100755
--- a/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
+++ b/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ $version .= '-hg' . Build::HgRevNum('.');
 my ($build_type);
 $build_type = Build::GetBuildType(Build::PathFormat('tools/buildbot/build_type'));
 
-if ($build_type == "dev")
+if ($build_type eq "dev")
 {
 	$build_type = "buildbot";
 }
-elsif ($build_type == "rel")
+elsif ($build_type eq "rel")
 {
 	$build_type = "release";
 }