diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 685c840f2bb..541f31e3f0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1984,10 +1984,6 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_EVHTTP_CONNECTION_GET_PEER_CONST_CHAR)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist test/config.ini])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh],[chmod +x contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh])
 AM_COND_IF([HAVE_DOXYGEN], [AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/Doxyfile])])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/security-check.py:contrib/devtools/security-check.py])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py:contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py:contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py:contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/iwyu/bitcoin.core.imp:contrib/devtools/iwyu/bitcoin.core.imp])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/filter-lcov.py:contrib/filter-lcov.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff:contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff])
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
index d3d225f3abd..84283e3522b 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def call_security_check(cc, source, executable, options):
         env_flags += filter(None, os.environ.get(var, '').split(' '))
 
     subprocess.run([*cc,source,'-o',executable] + env_flags + options, check=True)
-    p = subprocess.run(['./contrib/devtools/security-check.py',executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    p = subprocess.run([os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'security-check.py'), executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
     return (p.returncode, p.stdout.rstrip())
 
 def get_arch(cc, source, executable):
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
index 2881e3efac1..85d3a6d07ba 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def call_symbol_check(cc: List[str], source, executable, options):
         env_flags += filter(None, os.environ.get(var, '').split(' '))
 
     subprocess.run([*cc,source,'-o',executable] + env_flags + options, check=True)
-    p = subprocess.run(['./contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py',executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    p = subprocess.run([os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'symbol-check.py'), executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
     os.remove(source)
     os.remove(executable)
     return (p.returncode, p.stdout.rstrip())