diff --git a/presubmit_support.py b/presubmit_support.py
index 8d5338533..93a9e7373 100755
--- a/presubmit_support.py
+++ b/presubmit_support.py
@@ -1740,8 +1740,11 @@ def DoPresubmitChecks(change,
     if not presubmit_files and verbose:
       sys.stdout.write('Warning, no PRESUBMIT.py found.\n')
     results = []
-    depot_tools = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    python2_usage_log_file = os.path.join(depot_tools, 'python2_usage.txt')
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+      temp = os.environ['TEMP']
+    else:
+      temp = '/tmp'
+    python2_usage_log_file = os.path.join(temp, 'python2_usage.txt')
     if os.path.exists(python2_usage_log_file):
       os.remove(python2_usage_log_file)
     thread_pool = ThreadPool()
diff --git a/vpython b/vpython
index 41bb92775..9f0362712 100755
--- a/vpython
+++ b/vpython
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ base_dir=$(dirname "$0")
 source "$base_dir/cipd_bin_setup.sh"
 cipd_bin_setup &> /dev/null
 
-echo $@ from $(pwd) >> "$base_dir/python2_usage.txt"
+echo $@ from $(pwd) >> "/tmp/python2_usage.txt"
 
 if [[ $(uname -s) = MINGW* || $(uname -s) = CYGWIN* ]]; then
   cmd.exe //c $0.bat "$@"
diff --git a/vpython.bat b/vpython.bat
index c6818714a..12a9d14dc 100644
--- a/vpython.bat
+++ b/vpython.bat
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 :: See revert instructions in cipd_manifest.txt
 
 call "%~dp0\cipd_bin_setup.bat" > nul 2>&1
-echo %* from %cd% >> "%~dp0\python2_usage.txt"
+echo %* from %cd% >> "%TEMP%\python2_usage.txt"
 "%~dp0\.cipd_bin\vpython.exe" %*