diff --git a/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py b/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py
index 49b70d44743f..f9bf60c5e6b5 100644
--- a/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py
+++ b/deskutils/treeline/files/patch-source_spellcheck.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on the engine selected in the port options.
 +        
 +        """Set the default engine and check it first
 +        """
-+        defaultEngine = 'hunspell'
++        defaultEngine = '%%SPELL_ENGINE%%'
 +        engineOptions.move_to_end(defaultEngine, last=False)
 +
          if spellPath: