diff --git a/group/tf-l1-check-docs/build-docs:nil b/group/tf-l1-check-docs/build-docs:nil
index c6b4665..f86e385 100644
--- a/group/tf-l1-check-docs/build-docs:nil
+++ b/group/tf-l1-check-docs/build-docs:nil
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 #
 
 pre_tf_build() {
-	python3 -m venv .venv && \
-		. .venv/bin/activate && \
-		python3 -m pip install -r "$tf_root/docs/requirements.txt"
-
 	targets="doc" set_tf_build_targets
 }
 
diff --git a/script/build_package.sh b/script/build_package.sh
index 10d1df4..a52b3f3 100755
--- a/script/build_package.sh
+++ b/script/build_package.sh
@@ -1387,6 +1387,8 @@
 			source "$plat_utils"
 		fi
 
+		source "$ci_root/script/install_python_deps_tf.sh"
+
 		archive="$build_archive"
 		tf_build_root="$tf_root/build"
 
diff --git a/script/install_python_deps_tf.sh b/script/install_python_deps_tf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1103181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install_python_deps_tf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+python3 -m venv .venv && \
+    . .venv/bin/activate && \
+    python3 -m pip install -r "$tf_root/docs/requirements.txt"