diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 6f95b9a0..f54bf233 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@
     -->
     <target name="check.embedded" depends="extract.embedded">
         <echo>Checking embedded certificates</echo>
-        <exec executable="perl" dir="${temp.dir}"
+        <exec executable="perl" dir="${build.dir}"
             input="${temp.dir}/embedded.pem">
             <arg value="${build.dir}/check_embedded.pl"/>
             <arg value="-q"/>
diff --git a/build/check_embedded.pl b/build/check_embedded.pl
index db73b0f7..cd502c00 100755
--- a/build/check_embedded.pl
+++ b/build/check_embedded.pl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #
 # Load expiry whitelist.
 #
-open(WL, '../build/expiry_whitelist.txt') || die "can't open certificate expiry whitelist";
+open(WL, 'expiry_whitelist.txt') || die "can't open certificate expiry whitelist";
 while (<WL>) {
 	# fold lines
 	while (/^(.*)\\\s*$/) {