diff --git a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
index 4a940a8e6c4..9ef54157103 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ set -ex
 ## export 'M2DIR' so that shims can get the correct Spark dependency info
 export M2DIR="$WORKSPACE/.m2"
 
+TOOL_PL=${TOOL_PL:-"tools"}
 DIST_PL="dist"
 function mvnEval {
     mvn help:evaluate -q -pl $DIST_PL $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Prelease311 -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER -DforceStdout -Dexpression=$1
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ if [[ $SKIP_DEPLOY != 'true' ]]; then
     DIST_FPATH="$DIST_FPATH-$CUDA_CLASSIFIER"
     distWithReducedPom "deploy"
 
-TOOL_PL=${TOOL_PL:-"tools"}
     # this deploy includes 'tools' that is unconditionally built with Spark 3.1.1
     mvn -B deploy -pl '!dist' \
         -Dbuildver=$SPARK_BASE_SHIM_VERSION \