diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 	$(LCOV) -c -i -d $(abs_builddir)/src -o $@
 
 baseline_filtered.info: baseline.info
-	$(abs_builddir)/contrib/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
+	$(top_srcdir)/cmake/utils/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
 	$(LCOV) -a $@ $(LCOV_OPTS) -o $@
 
 test_bitcoin.info: baseline_filtered.info
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 	$(LCOV) -z $(LCOV_OPTS) -d $(abs_builddir)/src
 
 test_bitcoin_filtered.info: test_bitcoin.info
-	$(abs_builddir)/contrib/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
+	$(top_srcdir)/cmake/utils/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
 	$(LCOV) -a $@ $(LCOV_OPTS) -o $@
 
 functional_test.info: test_bitcoin_filtered.info
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 	$(LCOV) -z $(LCOV_OPTS) -d $(abs_builddir)/src
 
 functional_test_filtered.info: functional_test.info
-	$(abs_builddir)/contrib/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
+	$(top_srcdir)/cmake/utils/filter-lcov.py $(LCOV_FILTER_PATTERN) $< $@
 	$(LCOV) -a $@ $(LCOV_OPTS) -o $@
 
 test_bitcoin_coverage.info: baseline_filtered.info test_bitcoin_filtered.info
diff --git a/contrib/filter-lcov.py b/cmake/utils/filter-lcov.py
rename from contrib/filter-lcov.py
rename to cmake/utils/filter-lcov.py
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1356,7 +1356,6 @@
 AC_SUBST(QR_LIBS)
 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])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/filter-lcov.py:contrib/filter-lcov.py])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/Doxyfile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/config/version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([test/functional/test_runner.py:test/functional/test_runner.py])