diff --git a/build_metal.sh b/build_metal.sh
index 0fa0a77914c..6c1854fd5e2 100755
--- a/build_metal.sh
+++ b/build_metal.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
-if [ -z "$PYTHON_ENV_DIR" ]; then
-    PYTHON_ENV_DIR=$(pwd)/python_env
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$CONFIG" ]; then
     echo "Build type defaulted to Release"
 else
@@ -21,21 +17,7 @@ echo "Building tt-metal"
 cmake -B build -G Ninja
 cmake --build build --target install
 
-echo "Creating virtual env in: $PYTHON_ENV_DIR"
-python3 -m venv $PYTHON_ENV_DIR
-
-source $PYTHON_ENV_DIR/bin/activate
-
-echo "Setting up virtual env"
-python3 -m pip config set global.extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-python3 -m pip install setuptools wheel
-
-echo "Installing dev dependencies"
-python3 -m pip install -r $(pwd)/tt_metal/python_env/requirements-dev.txt
-
-echo "Installing tt-metal"
-pip install -e .
-pip install -e ttnn
+./scripts/build_scripts/create_venv.sh
 
 if [ "$CONFIG" != "ci" ]; then
     echo "Building cpp tests"
diff --git a/scripts/build_scripts/build_with_profiler_opt.sh b/scripts/build_scripts/build_with_profiler_opt.sh
index b347982dc5e..3b0a1c7942d 100755
--- a/scripts/build_scripts/build_with_profiler_opt.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_scripts/build_with_profiler_opt.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fi
 
 remove_default_log_locations
 
-cmake -B build && cmake --build build --target clean && rm -rf build
-PYTHON_ENV_DIR=$(pwd)/build/python_env ENABLE_TRACY=1 ENABLE_PROFILER=1 ./build_metal.sh
-cmake --build build --target programming_examples -- -j`nproc`
+ENABLE_TRACY=1 ENABLE_PROFILER=1 cmake -B build -G Ninja && cmake --build build --target clean
+cmake --build build --target install
+cmake --build build --target programming_examples
+PYTHON_ENV_DIR=$(pwd)/build/python_env ./scripts/build_scripts/create_venv.sh
diff --git a/scripts/build_scripts/create_venv.sh b/scripts/build_scripts/create_venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..04392d30553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_scripts/create_venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "$PYTHON_ENV_DIR" ]; then
+    PYTHON_ENV_DIR=$(pwd)/python_env
+fi
+
+echo "Creating virtual env in: $PYTHON_ENV_DIR"
+python3 -m venv $PYTHON_ENV_DIR
+
+source $PYTHON_ENV_DIR/bin/activate
+
+echo "Setting up virtual env"
+python3 -m pip config set global.extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+python3 -m pip install setuptools wheel
+
+echo "Installing dev dependencies"
+python3 -m pip install -r $(pwd)/tt_metal/python_env/requirements-dev.txt
+
+echo "Installing tt-metal"
+pip install -e .
+pip install -e ttnn