diff --git a/src/panels/draft/DraftDockerfilePanel.ts b/src/panels/draft/DraftDockerfilePanel.ts
index b92ca9ae..e7c8177a 100644
--- a/src/panels/draft/DraftDockerfilePanel.ts
+++ b/src/panels/draft/DraftDockerfilePanel.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export class DraftDockerfileDataProvider implements PanelDataProvider<"draftDock
         const variables = {
             PORT: port,
             VERSION: runtimeImageTag,
-            BUILDERVERSION: builderImageTag || "",
+            BUILDERVERSION: builderImageTag,
         };
 
         const variableArgs = Object.entries(variables)