diff --git a/lib/yashchiki/preserve_built_spack_packages.sh b/lib/yashchiki/preserve_built_spack_packages.sh
index b1866294b31a0d026a5f4f3ebe132ab76f3c06e4..e7b97d0fd4fd2288109fef348ee09f6649333fea 100755
--- a/lib/yashchiki/preserve_built_spack_packages.sh
+++ b/lib/yashchiki/preserve_built_spack_packages.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ sourcedir="$(dirname "$(readlink -m "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 source "${sourcedir}/commons.sh"
 source "${sourcedir}/setup_env_spack.sh"
 
+if [ -z "${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME:-}" ]; then
+    echo "No name for build cache on failure given, skipping saving preserved packages."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # find empty directory to dump into
 build_num=1
 while /bin/true; do
diff --git a/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh b/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
index 6dc5e372b5ce97ebdad1417741e17176dc32d42a..588ea5e1c26a9c32efa56ca2d501935c3cdb7f8f 100755
--- a/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
+++ b/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ From: ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE}
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_CONFIG="/tmp/spack_config"
     export YASHCHIKI_CACHES_ROOT="${YASHCHIKI_CACHES_ROOT}"
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME}"
-    export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME}"
+    export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME:-}"
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE="${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE}"
     export YASHCHIKI_DEBUG=${YASHCHIKI_DEBUG}
     export CONTAINER_STYLE="${CONTAINER_STYLE}"
diff --git a/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh b/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
index ec053202569ecad63814783eec2ef4cb51411c51..a7447ec079628eba55653ea4322612b6474f3bef 100755
--- a/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
+++ b/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ From: ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE}
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_CONFIG="/tmp/spack_config"
     export YASHCHIKI_CACHES_ROOT="${YASHCHIKI_CACHES_ROOT}"
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME}"
-    export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME}"
+    export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME:-}"
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE="${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE}"
     export YASHCHIKI_DEBUG=${YASHCHIKI_DEBUG}
     export CONTAINER_STYLE="${CONTAINER_STYLE}"