diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 64e6b99a05d02a..c1073d90678ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ jobs:
                   scripts/run_in_build_env.sh 'scripts/examples/gn_build_example.sh examples/chip-tool out/'
                   scripts/run_in_build_env.sh 'virtualenv pyenv'
                   source pyenv/bin/activate
-                  pip3 install -r src/setup_payload/python/requirements.txt
+                  pip3 install -r scripts/setup/requirements.setuppayload.txt
                   python3 src/setup_payload/tests/run_python_setup_payload_test.py out/chip-tool
 
     build_linux_python_lighting_device:
diff --git a/scripts/setup/requirements.nrfconnect.txt b/scripts/setup/requirements.nrfconnect.txt
index c0c3c285441136..e2ada120811850 100644
--- a/scripts/setup/requirements.nrfconnect.txt
+++ b/scripts/setup/requirements.nrfconnect.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+-r requirements.setuppayload.txt
+
 jsonschema>=4.4.0
 cbor2>=5.4.3
 ecdsa>=0.18.0
 qrcode==7.4.2
-bitarray==2.6.0
 python_stdnum==1.18
diff --git a/src/setup_payload/python/requirements.txt b/scripts/setup/requirements.setuppayload.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/setup_payload/python/requirements.txt
rename to scripts/setup/requirements.setuppayload.txt