diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk b/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
index 7d95e48..97f3ccb 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/a3k/common/a3700_common.mk
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 ifdef WTP
 
 $(if $(wildcard $(value WTP)/*),,$(error "'WTP=$(value WTP)' was specified, but '$(value WTP)' directory does not exist"))
-$(if $(shell test -s "$(value WTP)/branch.txt" || git -C $(value WTP) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'WTP=$(value WTP)' was specified, but '$(value WTP)' does not contain valid Marvell a3700_utils release tarball nor git repository"))
+$(if $(shell git -C $(value WTP) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'WTP=$(value WTP)' was specified, but '$(value WTP)' does not contain valid A3700-utils-marvell git repository"))
 
 DOIMAGEPATH	:= $(WTP)
 DOIMAGETOOL	:= $(DOIMAGEPATH)/wtptp/src/TBB_Linux/release/TBB_linux
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 $(TIMDDRTOOL): FORCE
 	$(if $(value MV_DDR_PATH),,$(error "Platform '${PLAT}' for ddr tool requires MV_DDR_PATH. Please set MV_DDR_PATH to point to the right directory"))
 	$(if $(wildcard $(value MV_DDR_PATH)/*),,$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' directory does not exist"))
-	$(if $(shell test -s "$(value MV_DDR_PATH)/branch.txt" || git -C $(value MV_DDR_PATH) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' does not contain valid Marvell mv_ddr release tarball nor git repository"))
+	$(if $(shell git -C $(value MV_DDR_PATH) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' does not contain valid mv-ddr-marvell git repository"))
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(DOIMAGEPATH) MV_DDR_PATH=$(MV_DDR_PATH) DDR_TOPOLOGY=$(DDR_TOPOLOGY) mv_ddr
 
 $(BUILD_PLAT)/$(UART_IMAGE): $(BUILD_PLAT)/$(BOOT_IMAGE) $(BUILD_PLAT)/wtmi.bin $(DOIMAGETOOL) $(TIMBUILD) $(TIMDDRTOOL)