diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index c7a46de5cc410b4535c5c480f017dc249451674c..d824af1403cadc26ffec88213689c8a884945c27 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ function wp_debug_mode() {
 
 		if ( WP_DEBUG_LOG ) {
 			ini_set( 'log_errors', 1 );
-			ini_set( 'error_log', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/debug.log' );
+            // AI patch: do not hardcode the debug.log location, let php.in set it
+            //	ini_set( 'error_log', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/debug.log' );
 		}
 	} else {
 		error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );