diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index b314f63da06e72f4f9271739b93051da61bd621e..b1fbde80074784cf2207625146f4a7f0efe44684 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ function wp_debug_mode() {
 
 		if ( $log_path ) {
 			ini_set( 'log_errors', 1 );
-			ini_set( 'error_log', $log_path );
+            // 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 );