diff --git a/Meta/convert-markdown-links.lua b/Meta/convert-markdown-links.lua
index 166a996776..eb1d55341e 100644
--- a/Meta/convert-markdown-links.lua
+++ b/Meta/convert-markdown-links.lua
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 function Link(el)
-    el.target = string.gsub(el.target, "file:///bin/.*", "../cant-run-application.html")
-    el.target = string.gsub(el.target, "help://man/([^/]*)/(.*)", "../man%1/%2.html")
+    el.target = string.gsub(el.target, "file:///bin/.*", "/cant-run-application.html")
+    el.target = string.gsub(el.target, "help://man/([^/]*)/(.*)", "/man%1/%2.html")
     return el
 end
 
 function Image(el)
-    -- HACK: Handle images that are not icons separately; they're copied manually in the
-    --       Meta/build-manpages-website.sh script.
-    --       Ideally this would be generalized so the paths export below could handle both.
+    -- Images that are not icons are always copied to the website root.
     if el.src:find("^/res/icons/") == nil then
-        el.src = "../" .. el.src
+        el.src = "/" .. el.src
         return el
     end
 
     local pattern = "/res/icons/(.*)"
     local image = string.gsub(el.src, pattern, "%1")
 
-    el.src = "../icons/" .. image
+    el.src = "/icons/" .. image
     file = io.open("icons.txt", "a+")
     file:write(image .. "\n")
     file:close()