diff --git a/alt/bindings/binding.gyp b/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
index a65d75a5..eb2393c3 100644
--- a/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
+++ b/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
@@ -6,17 +6,29 @@
       'conditions': [
         ['OS=="linux"', {
           'variables': {
-            'zip_url': '"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip"',
+            'script_path': '<(module_root_dir)/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py',
+            'script_args': [
+              '<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb',
+              'https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip',
+            ],
           },
         }],
         ['OS=="mac"', {
           'variables': {
-            'zip_url': '"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-osx-universal.zip"',
+            'script_path': '<(module_root_dir)/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py',
+            'script_args': [
+              '<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb',
+              'https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-osx-universal.zip',
+            ],
           },
         }],
         ['OS=="win"', {
           'variables': {
-            'zip_url': '"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-windows-amd64.zip"',
+            'script_path': '<(module_root_dir)/scripts/fetch_libduckdb_win.py',
+            'script_args': [
+              '<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb',
+              # zip url is hard-coded into fetch_libduckdb_win.py to work around file path issues on Windows
+            ],
           },
         }],
       ],
@@ -25,7 +37,7 @@
           'action_name': 'run_fetch_libduckdb_script',
           'message': 'Running fetch libduckdb script',
           'inputs': [],
-          'action': ['python3', '<(module_root_dir)/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py', '<(OS)', '<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb', '<(zip_url)'],
+          'action': ['python3', '<(script_path)', '<@(script_args)'],
           'outputs': ['<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb/libduckdb.zip'],
         },
       ],
diff --git a/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
index 2106abd0..5f56b933 100644
--- a/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
+++ b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
@@ -3,37 +3,16 @@
 import urllib.request
 import zipfile
 
-libduckdb_zip_url_for_os = {
-  "linux": "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip", # TODO: handle linux-aarch64
-  "mac": "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-osx-universal.zip",
-  "win": "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-windows-amd64.zip",
-}
+output_dir = sys.argv[1]
+zip_url = sys.argv[2]
 
-# libduckdb_file_names_for_os = {
-#   "linux": ["duckdb.h", "libduckdb.so"],
-#   "mac": ["duckdb.h", "libduckdb.dylib"],
-#   "win": ["duckdb.h", "libduckdb.lib", "libduckdb.dll"],
-# }
-
-os_name = sys.argv[1]
-output_dir = sys.argv[2]
-zip_url = sys.argv[3]
-
-print("os_name: " + os_name)
 print("output_dir: " + output_dir)
 print("zip_url: " + zip_url)
 
-libduckdb_zip_url = libduckdb_zip_url_for_os[os_name]
-# libduckdb_file_names = libduckdb_file_names_for_os[os_name]
+local_zip_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "libduckdb.zip")
+print("fetching: " + zip_url)
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(zip_url, local_zip_path)
 
-libduckdb_zip_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "libduckdb.zip")
-print("fetching: " + libduckdb_zip_url)
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(libduckdb_zip_url, libduckdb_zip_path)
-
-zip = zipfile.ZipFile(libduckdb_zip_path)
+zip = zipfile.ZipFile(local_zip_path)
 print("extracting: " + ", ".join(zip.namelist()))
 zip.extractall(output_dir)
-
-# for file_name in libduckdb_file_names:
-#   print("extracting: " + file_name)
-#   zip.extract(file_name, output_dir)
diff --git a/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb_win.py b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb_win.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4d98914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb_win.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.request
+import zipfile
+
+output_dir = sys.argv[1]
+zip_url = "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.0.0/libduckdb-windows-amd64.zip"
+
+print("output_dir: " + output_dir)
+print("zip_url: " + zip_url)
+
+local_zip_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "libduckdb.zip")
+print("fetching: " + zip_url)
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(zip_url, local_zip_path)
+
+zip = zipfile.ZipFile(local_zip_path)
+print("extracting: " + ", ".join(zip.namelist()))
+zip.extractall(output_dir)