diff --git a/.github/scripts/assert_ffmpeg_not_installed.sh b/.github/scripts/assert_ffmpeg_not_installed.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 67f3a9cc1..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/assert_ffmpeg_not_installed.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-if command -v "ffmpeg" &> /dev/null
-then
-    echo "ffmpeg is installed, but it shouldn't! Exiting!!"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_ffmpeg.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_ffmpeg.yaml
index 1078de9f1..4adf3ab7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_ffmpeg.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_ffmpeg.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           export FFMPEG_VERSION="${{ matrix.ffmpeg-version }}"
           export FFMPEG_ROOT="${PWD}/ffmpeg"
 
-          .github/scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
+          packaging/build_ffmpeg.sh
 
           tar -czf ffmpeg.tar.gz ffmpeg/include ffmpeg/lib
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheel.yaml
index 69dc66a83..00dc3da63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ jobs:
           # but we need to checkout the repo to access this file, and we don't
           # want to checkout the repo before installing the wheel to avoid any
           # side-effect. It's OK.
-          .github/scripts/assert_ffmpeg_not_installed.sh
+          source packaging/helpers.sh
+          assert_ffmpeg_not_installed
 
           conda install "ffmpeg=${{ matrix.ffmpeg-version-for-tests }}" -c conda-forge
           ffmpeg -version
diff --git a/.github/scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh b/packaging/build_ffmpeg.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/scripts/build_ffmpeg.sh
rename to packaging/build_ffmpeg.sh
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_glibcxx.py b/packaging/check_glibcxx.py
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/scripts/check_glibcxx.py
rename to packaging/check_glibcxx.py
diff --git a/.github/scripts/helpers.sh b/packaging/helpers.sh
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/scripts/helpers.sh
rename to packaging/helpers.sh
index e73d38549..16562f674 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/helpers.sh
+++ b/packaging/helpers.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ assert_in_wheel() {
         exit 1
     fi
 }
+
+assert_ffmpeg_not_installed() {
+    if command -v "ffmpeg" &> /dev/null
+    then
+        echo "ffmpeg is installed, but it shouldn't! Exiting!!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/packaging/post_build_script.sh b/packaging/post_build_script.sh
index 688d88771..84686d84f 100755
--- a/packaging/post_build_script.sh
+++ b/packaging/post_build_script.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-source .github/scripts/helpers.sh
+source packaging/helpers.sh
 
 wheel_path=$(pwd)/$(find dist -type f -name "*.whl")
 echo "Wheel content:"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ assert_not_in_wheel $wheel_path "^packaging"
 extracted_wheel_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 unzip -q $wheel_path -d $extracted_wheel_dir
 symbols_matches=$(find $extracted_wheel_dir | grep ".so$" | xargs objdump --syms | grep GLIBCXX_3.4.)
-python .github/scripts/check_glibcxx.py "$symbols_matches"
+python packaging/check_glibcxx.py "$symbols_matches"
 
 echo "ls dist"
 ls dist