Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py	(revision 70568)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/common/utils.py	(revision 70569)
@@ -600,6 +600,6 @@
 
     fIgnoreEncoding = dKeywordArgs.get('fIgnoreEncoding');
-    if sEncoding is not None:   del dKeywordArgs['fIgnoreEncoding'];
-    else:                       fIgnoreEncoding = True;
+    if fIgnoreEncoding is not None:   del dKeywordArgs['fIgnoreEncoding'];
+    else:                             fIgnoreEncoding = True;
 
     _processFixPythonInterpreter(aPositionalArgs, dKeywordArgs);