diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 1bb0b63f8f..1de141cfb8 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -28,106 +28,7 @@ source scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_cmake.sh
 source scripts/build/termux_step_handle_arguments.sh
 
 # Setup variables used by the build. Not to be overridden by packages.
-termux_step_setup_variables() {
-	# shellcheck source=scripts/properties.sh
-	. "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/properties.sh"
-	: "${TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES:="$(nproc)"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_TOPDIR:="$HOME/.termux-build"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_ARCH:="aarch64"}" # arm, aarch64, i686 or x86_64.
-	: "${TERMUX_PREFIX:="/data/data/com.termux/files/usr"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_ANDROID_HOME:="/data/data/com.termux/files/home"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_DEBUG:=""}"
-	: "${TERMUX_PKG_API_LEVEL:="21"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_NO_CLEAN:="false"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_QUIET_BUILD:="false"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_DEBDIR:="${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/debs"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_SKIP_DEPCHECK:="false"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_INSTALL_DEPS:="false"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_REPO_SIGNING_KEYS:="packages/apt/trusted.gpg packages/termux-keyring/grimler.gpg packages/termux-keyring/xeffyr.gpg"}"
-	: "${TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER:="Fredrik Fornwall @fornwall"}"
-
-	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_URL+x} ]; then
-		TERMUX_REPO_URL=(https://termux.net)
-		# TERMUX_REPO_URL=(https://termux.net https://grimler.se https://dl.bintray.com/xeffyr/unstable-packages)
-	fi
-	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION+x} ]; then
-		TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION=(stable)
-		# TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION=(stable root unstable)
-	fi
-	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT+x} ]; then
-		TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT=(main)
-		# TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT=(main stable main)
-	fi
-
-	if [ "x86_64" = "$TERMUX_ARCH" ] || [ "aarch64" = "$TERMUX_ARCH" ]; then
-		TERMUX_ARCH_BITS=64
-	else
-		TERMUX_ARCH_BITS=32
-	fi
-
-	TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM="${TERMUX_ARCH}-linux-android"
-	if [ "$TERMUX_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM="${TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM}eabi"; fi
-
-	if [ ! -d "$NDK" ]; then
-		termux_error_exit 'NDK not pointing at a directory!'
-	fi
-	if ! grep -s -q "Pkg.Revision = $TERMUX_NDK_VERSION_NUM" "$NDK/source.properties"; then
-		termux_error_exit "Wrong NDK version - we need $TERMUX_NDK_VERSION"
-	fi
-
-	# The build tuple that may be given to --build configure flag:
-	TERMUX_BUILD_TUPLE=$(sh "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/config.guess")
-
-	# We do not put all of build-tools/$TERMUX_ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION/ into PATH
-	# to avoid stuff like arm-linux-androideabi-ld there to conflict with ones from
-	# the standalone toolchain.
-	TERMUX_D8=$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/$TERMUX_ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION/d8
-
-	TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR="$TERMUX_TOPDIR/_cache"
-	TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER=$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR/termux-elf-cleaner
-
-	export prefix=${TERMUX_PREFIX}
-	export PREFIX=${TERMUX_PREFIX}
-
-	TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/build
-	TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/cache
-	TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/massage
-	TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/package
-	TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/src
-	TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/tmp
-	TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/host-build
-	TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_NO_DEVELSPLIT=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_REVISION="0" # http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version
-	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_HOSTBUILD_CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps
-	TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="FIXME:Add description"
-	TERMUX_PKG_KEEP_STATIC_LIBRARIES="false"
-	TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-conflicts
-	TERMUX_PKG_RECOMMENDS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps
-	TERMUX_PKG_SUGGESTS=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_PROVIDES="" #https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#virtual-packages-provides
-	TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_INCLUDE_IN_DEVPACKAGE=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_DEVPACKAGE_DEPENDS=""
-	# Set if a host build should be done in TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR:
-	TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=""
-	TERMUX_PKG_FORCE_CMAKE=no # if the package has autotools as well as cmake, then set this to prefer cmake
-	TERMUX_CMAKE_BUILD=Ninja # Which cmake generator to use
-	TERMUX_PKG_HAS_DEBUG=yes # set to no if debug build doesn't exist or doesn't work, for example for python based packages
-
-	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CXXFLAGS
-}
+source scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
 
 # Save away and restore build setups which may change between builds.
 termux_step_handle_buildarch() {
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9327c79211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+termux_step_setup_variables() {
+	# shellcheck source=scripts/properties.sh
+	. "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/properties.sh"
+	: "${TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES:="$(nproc)"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_TOPDIR:="$HOME/.termux-build"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_ARCH:="aarch64"}" # arm, aarch64, i686 or x86_64.
+	: "${TERMUX_PREFIX:="/data/data/com.termux/files/usr"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_ANDROID_HOME:="/data/data/com.termux/files/home"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_DEBUG:=""}"
+	: "${TERMUX_PKG_API_LEVEL:="21"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_NO_CLEAN:="false"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_QUIET_BUILD:="false"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_DEBDIR:="${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/debs"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_SKIP_DEPCHECK:="false"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_INSTALL_DEPS:="false"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_REPO_SIGNING_KEYS:="packages/apt/trusted.gpg packages/termux-keyring/grimler.gpg packages/termux-keyring/xeffyr.gpg"}"
+	: "${TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER:="Fredrik Fornwall @fornwall"}"
+
+	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_URL+x} ]; then
+		TERMUX_REPO_URL=(https://termux.net)
+		# TERMUX_REPO_URL=(https://termux.net https://grimler.se https://dl.bintray.com/xeffyr/unstable-packages)
+	fi
+	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION+x} ]; then
+		TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION=(stable)
+		# TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION=(stable root unstable)
+	fi
+	if [ -z ${TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT+x} ]; then
+		TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT=(main)
+		# TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT=(main stable main)
+	fi
+
+	if [ "x86_64" = "$TERMUX_ARCH" ] || [ "aarch64" = "$TERMUX_ARCH" ]; then
+		TERMUX_ARCH_BITS=64
+	else
+		TERMUX_ARCH_BITS=32
+	fi
+
+	TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM="${TERMUX_ARCH}-linux-android"
+	if [ "$TERMUX_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM="${TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM}eabi"; fi
+
+	if [ ! -d "$NDK" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit 'NDK not pointing at a directory!'
+	fi
+	if ! grep -s -q "Pkg.Revision = $TERMUX_NDK_VERSION_NUM" "$NDK/source.properties"; then
+		termux_error_exit "Wrong NDK version - we need $TERMUX_NDK_VERSION"
+	fi
+
+	# The build tuple that may be given to --build configure flag:
+	TERMUX_BUILD_TUPLE=$(sh "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/config.guess")
+
+	# We do not put all of build-tools/$TERMUX_ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION/ into PATH
+	# to avoid stuff like arm-linux-androideabi-ld there to conflict with ones from
+	# the standalone toolchain.
+	TERMUX_D8=$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/$TERMUX_ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION/d8
+
+	TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR="$TERMUX_TOPDIR/_cache"
+	TERMUX_ELF_CLEANER=$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR/termux-elf-cleaner
+
+	export prefix=${TERMUX_PREFIX}
+	export PREFIX=${TERMUX_PREFIX}
+
+	TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/build
+	TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/cache
+	TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/massage
+	TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/package
+	TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/src
+	TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/tmp
+	TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME/host-build
+	TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_NO_DEVELSPLIT=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_REVISION="0" # http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version
+	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_HOSTBUILD_CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps
+	TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="FIXME:Add description"
+	TERMUX_PKG_KEEP_STATIC_LIBRARIES="false"
+	TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-conflicts
+	TERMUX_PKG_RECOMMENDS="" # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps
+	TERMUX_PKG_SUGGESTS=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_PROVIDES="" #https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#virtual-packages-provides
+	TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_INCLUDE_IN_DEVPACKAGE=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_DEVPACKAGE_DEPENDS=""
+	# Set if a host build should be done in TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR:
+	TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=""
+	TERMUX_PKG_FORCE_CMAKE=no # if the package has autotools as well as cmake, then set this to prefer cmake
+	TERMUX_CMAKE_BUILD=Ninja # Which cmake generator to use
+	TERMUX_PKG_HAS_DEBUG=yes # set to no if debug build doesn't exist or doesn't work, for example for python based packages
+
+	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CXXFLAGS
+}