diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalDocLink.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalDocLink.scala
index 6a7b84aec0e9..97e0d309d6b8 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalDocLink.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalDocLink.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ object ExternalDocLink:
       case path :: apiUrl :: Nil => for {
         url <- tryParse(mapping, "url")(URL(apiUrl))
       } yield ExternalDocLink(
-        List(s"$path.*".r),
+        List(s"${Regex.quote(path)}.*".r),
         url,
         DocumentationKind.Scaladoc2,
         None
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ object ExternalDocLink:
             packageList
           )
       case _ =>
-        fail(mapping, "Accepted format: `regexStr::docToolStr::urlStr[::rest]`")
\ No newline at end of file
+        fail(mapping, "Accepted format: `regexStr::docToolStr::urlStr[::rest]`")
diff --git a/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest.scala b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest.scala
index 4f4f8c972b4e..c1fc8f8cb044 100644
--- a/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/ExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@ class Scaladoc3ExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest extends ExternalLocationP
   )
 )
 
+def getScalaLibraryPath: String = {
+  val classpath: List[String] = System.getProperty("java.class.path").split(java.io.File.pathSeparatorChar).toList
+  classpath.find(_.contains("scala-library-2")).getOrElse("foobarbazz") // If we don't find the scala 2 library, the test will fail
+}
+
 class Scaladoc2LegacyExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest extends LegacyExternalLocationProviderIntegrationTest(
   "externalScaladoc2",
-  List(".*scala.*#https://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/"),
+  List(s"${getScalaLibraryPath}#https://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/"),
   List(
     "https://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/util/matching/Regex$$Match.html",
     "https://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Predef$.html#String",