diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
index 9f3c279b477d..1d9ed703fe94 100755
--- a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
@@ -149,13 +149,6 @@ else
   echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
 fi
 
-###
-### skip chomium download, use the system chrome install
-###
-export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
-PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH="$(command -v google-chrome-stable)"
-export PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH
-
 ###
 ### install dependencies
 ###
@@ -172,13 +165,6 @@ if [ "$GIT_CHANGES" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-###
-### Set Percy parallel build support environment vars
-###
-eval "$(node ./src/dev/ci_setup/get_percy_env)"
-echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE='$PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE'"
-echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL='$PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL'"
-
 ###
 ### rebuild kbn-pm distributable to ensure it's not out of date
 ###
diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c008dc1d5cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+###
+### skip chomium download, use the system chrome install
+###
+export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
+PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH="$(command -v google-chrome-stable)"
+export PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH
+
+###
+### Set Percy parallel build support environment vars
+###
+eval "$(node ./src/dev/ci_setup/get_percy_env)"
+echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE='$PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE'"
+echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL='$PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL'"
diff --git a/test/scripts/jenkins_visual_regression.sh b/test/scripts/jenkins_visual_regression.sh
index c6bb148eccbf..5411faeb10da 100755
--- a/test/scripts/jenkins_visual_regression.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/jenkins_visual_regression.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 trap 'node "$KIBANA_DIR/src/dev/failed_tests/cli"' EXIT
 
+source "$KIBANA_DIR/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh"
+
 node scripts/build --debug --oss;
 linuxBuild="$(find "$KIBANA_DIR/target" -name 'kibana-oss-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz')"
 installDir="$PARENT_DIR/install/kibana"
diff --git a/test/scripts/jenkins_xpack_visual_regression.sh b/test/scripts/jenkins_xpack_visual_regression.sh
index 9f8fdce6ec22..5f27bf66ffce 100755
--- a/test/scripts/jenkins_xpack_visual_regression.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/jenkins_xpack_visual_regression.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 trap 'node "$KIBANA_DIR/src/dev/failed_tests/cli"' EXIT
 
+source "$KIBANA_DIR/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh"
+
 node scripts/build --debug --no-oss;
 linuxBuild="$(find "$KIBANA_DIR/target" -name 'kibana-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz')"
 installDir="$PARENT_DIR/install/kibana"