diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index bb698d200..be0f2891f 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -46,44 +46,7 @@ source scripts/build/termux_step_get_repo_files.sh
 source scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh
 
 # Run just after sourcing $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_SCRIPT. May be overridden by packages.
-termux_step_extract_package() {
-	if [ -z "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL:=""}" ] || [ -n "${TERMUX_PKG_SKIP_SRC_EXTRACT:=""}" ]; then
-		mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
-		return
-	fi
-	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR"
-	local PKG_SRCURL=(${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL[@]})
-	local PKG_SHA256=(${TERMUX_PKG_SHA256[@]})
-	if  [ ! ${#PKG_SRCURL[@]} == ${#PKG_SHA256[@]} ] && [ ! ${#PKG_SHA256[@]} == 0 ]; then
-		termux_error_exit "Error: length of TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL isn't equal to length of TERMUX_PKG_SHA256."
-	fi
-	# STRIP=1 extracts archives straight into TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR while STRIP=0 puts them in subfolders. zip has same behaviour per default
-	# If this isn't desired then this can be fixed in termux_step_post_extract_package.
-	local STRIP=1
-	for i in $(seq 0 $(( ${#PKG_SRCURL[@]}-1 ))); do
-		test "$i" -gt 0 && STRIP=0
-		local filename
-		filename=$(basename "${PKG_SRCURL[$i]}")
-		local file="$TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR/$filename"
-		# Allow TERMUX_PKG_SHA256 to be empty:
-		set +u
-		termux_download "${PKG_SRCURL[$i]}" "$file" "${PKG_SHA256[$i]}"
-		set -u
-
-		local folder
-		set +o pipefail
-		if [ "${file##*.}" = zip ]; then
-			folder=$(unzip -qql "$file" | head -n1 | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f5-)
-			rm -Rf $folder
-			unzip -q "$file"
-			mv $folder "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
-		else
-			mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
-			tar xf "$file" -C "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR" --strip-components=$STRIP
-		fi
-		set -o pipefail
-	done
-}
+source scripts/build/termux_step_extract_package.sh
 
 # Hook for packages to act just after the package has been extracted.
 # Invoked in $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR.
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_package.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_package.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fed93567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+termux_step_extract_package() {
+	if [ -z "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL:=""}" ] || [ -n "${TERMUX_PKG_SKIP_SRC_EXTRACT:=""}" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+		return
+	fi
+	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR"
+	local PKG_SRCURL=(${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL[@]})
+	local PKG_SHA256=(${TERMUX_PKG_SHA256[@]})
+	if  [ ! ${#PKG_SRCURL[@]} == ${#PKG_SHA256[@]} ] && [ ! ${#PKG_SHA256[@]} == 0 ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Error: length of TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL isn't equal to length of TERMUX_PKG_SHA256."
+	fi
+	# STRIP=1 extracts archives straight into TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR while STRIP=0 puts them in subfolders. zip has same behaviour per default
+	# If this isn't desired then this can be fixed in termux_step_post_extract_package.
+	local STRIP=1
+	for i in $(seq 0 $(( ${#PKG_SRCURL[@]}-1 ))); do
+		test "$i" -gt 0 && STRIP=0
+		local filename
+		filename=$(basename "${PKG_SRCURL[$i]}")
+		local file="$TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR/$filename"
+		# Allow TERMUX_PKG_SHA256 to be empty:
+		set +u
+		termux_download "${PKG_SRCURL[$i]}" "$file" "${PKG_SHA256[$i]}"
+		set -u
+
+		local folder
+		set +o pipefail
+		if [ "${file##*.}" = zip ]; then
+			folder=$(unzip -qql "$file" | head -n1 | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f5-)
+			rm -Rf $folder
+			unzip -q "$file"
+			mv $folder "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+		else
+			mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+			tar xf "$file" -C "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR" --strip-components=$STRIP
+		fi
+		set -o pipefail
+	done
+}