diff --git a/lucene/common-build.xml b/lucene/common-build.xml
index 5ed2fc48b8c..1d8d357c204 100644
--- a/lucene/common-build.xml
+++ b/lucene/common-build.xml
@@ -1805,10 +1805,11 @@ ${tests-output}/junit4-*.suites     - per-JVM executed suites
 
   <macrodef name="check-broken-links">
        <attribute name="dir"/>
+   <!-- TODO: somehow, the behavior of this script has CWD-funkiness but only on windows -->
      <sequential>
-       <exec dir="." executable="${python32.exe}" failonerror="true">
+       <exec dir="@{dir}" executable="${python32.exe}" failonerror="true">
          <arg value="${dev-tools.dir}/scripts/checkJavadocLinks.py"/>
-         <arg value="@{dir}"/>
+         <arg value="."/>
        </exec>
      </sequential>
   </macrodef>