diff --git a/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py b/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py
index d3aed879..4aa66337 100644
--- a/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py
+++ b/bootstrap/activate-in-pdc.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pdc_client
 
 servername, token, variant_uid = sys.argv[-3], sys.argv[-2], sys.argv[-1]
 
-if os.path.basename(__file__) in (servername, token,):
+if os.path.basename(__file__) in (servername, token, variant_uid,):
     raise ValueError("Provide a PDC server name defined in /etc/pdc.d/ and a token")
 
 print("Connecting to PDC server %r with token %r" % (servername, token))
diff --git a/bootstrap/delete-from-pdc.py b/bootstrap/delete-from-pdc.py
index cecf09d5..e0858523 100644
--- a/bootstrap/delete-from-pdc.py
+++ b/bootstrap/delete-from-pdc.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pdc_client
 
 servername, token, variant_uid = sys.argv[-3], sys.argv[-2], sys.argv[-1]
 
-if os.path.basename(__file__) in (servername, token,):
+if os.path.basename(__file__) in (servername, token, variant_uid,):
     raise ValueError("Provide a PDC server name defined in /etc/pdc.d/ and a token")
 
 print("Connecting to PDC server %r with token %r" % (servername, token))