diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index ab937ef6f43d614479c3289c1f7cbf83d5689ea2..bf072a285eee6f497a557d98f5dd15180565e267 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -45,6 +45,43 @@ import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+def do_hack(project_dir):
+    """
+    This function is supposed to be for temporary usage.
+    
+    It implements hacks for the issues: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112
+    and https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)
+       
+    """
+    
+    #### HACK to avoid ripgrep ignoring bin/ directories in our checkouts
+    import shutil    
+    git_ignore_file = os.path.join(project_dir, '.gitignore')
+    if os.path.exists(git_ignore_file):
+        logger.warn('Removing ".gitignore" to overcome issues with ripgrep')
+        logger.warn('See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112')
+        os.unlink(git_ignore_file)
+    #### END OF HACK
+        
+    #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
+    license_file = os.path.join(project_dir, 'LICENSE')
+    recipe_dir = os.path.join(project_dir, 'conda')    
+    if os.path.exists(license_file) and os.path.exists(recipe_dir):
+        logger.warn('Copying LICENSE file to `./conda` dir to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
+        logger.warn('Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')        
+        shutil.copyfile(license_file, os.path.join(recipe_dir,"LICENSE"))
+        
+        # Checking COPYING file just in case
+        copying_file = os.path.join(project_dir, 'COPYING')
+        if(os.path.exists(copying_file)):
+            shutil.copyfile(copying_file, os.path.join(recipe_dir,"COPYING"))
+        meta_file = os.path.join(recipe_dir,"meta.yaml")
+        recipe = open(meta_file).readlines()
+        recipe = [l.replace("../COPYING","COPYING").replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
+        open(meta_file, "wt").write(''.join(recipe))
+    #### END OF HACK
+
+
 
 def set_environment(name, value, env=os.environ):
     """Function to setup the environment variable and print debug message.
@@ -431,28 +468,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     setup_logger(logger, args.verbose)
 
-    #### HACK to avoid ripgrep ignoring bin/ directories in our checkouts
-    if os.path.exists('.gitignore'):
-        logger.warn('Removing ".gitignore" to overcome issues with ripgrep')
-        logger.warn('See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112')
-        os.unlink('.gitignore')
-    #### END OF HACK
-        
-    #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
-    if os.path.exists('LICENSE') and os.path.exists('conda'):
-        logger.warn('Creating symlink in `./conda` to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
-        logger.warn('Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
-        pwd = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
-        os.symlink(f"{pwd}/LICENSE", f"{pwd}/conda/LICENSE")
-        if(os.path.exists('COPYING')):
-            os.symlink(f"{pwd}/COPYING", f"{pwd}/conda/COPYING")
-        recipe = open("./conda/meta.yaml").readlines() 
-        recipe = [l.replace("../COPYING","COPYING").replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
-        open("./conda/meta.yaml", "wt").write(''.join(recipe))
-
-
-
-    #### END OF HACK    
+    # Run conda-build hacks
+    # TODO: Remove this hack as soon as possible
+    do_hack(".")
 
     condarc = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "condarc")
 
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index 8b7bb10247f6d37a63ba47aae5de8528cdf11ba6..263b98f58838f49e36e32f94a77e0dd924a4c584 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -178,29 +178,11 @@ def build(
     )
 
     #### HACK to avoid ripgrep ignoring bin/ directories in our checkouts
+    # TODO: Remove this hack as soon as possible
+    from bob.devtools.bootstrap import do_hack
     project_dir = os.path.dirname(recipe_dir[0])
-    import shutil
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir, '.gitignore')):
-        logger.warn('Removing ".gitignore" to overcome issues with ripgrep')
-        logger.warn('See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112')
-        os.unlink(os.path.join(project_dir, '.gitignore'))
-    #### END OF HACK
-
-    #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir,'LICENSE')) and os.path.exists(recipe_dir[0]):
-        logger.warn('Creating symlink in `./conda` to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
-        logger.warn('Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
-        pwd = project_dir
-
-        # WE NEED TO COPY. FOR SOME REASON SYMLINK DOESN'T WORK IN THIS CASE
-        shutil.copyfile(f"{pwd}/LICENSE", f"{pwd}/conda/LICENSE")
-        if(os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir,'COPYING'))):
-            shutil.copyfile(f"{pwd}/COPYING", f"{pwd}/conda/COPYING")
-        recipe = open(os.path.join(recipe_dir[0],"meta.yaml")).readlines()
-        recipe = [l.replace("../COPYING","COPYING").replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
-        open(os.path.join(recipe_dir[0],"meta.yaml"), "wt").write(''.join(recipe))
-
-    #### END OF HACK
+    do_hack(project_dir)
+    
 
     # get potential channel upload and other auxiliary channels
     channels = get_channels(