diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/python/requirements.txt b/examples/lighting-app/python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dc27da9af953b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# dali
+python-dali
diff --git a/scripts/requirements.txt b/scripts/requirements.txt
index bc0bb77568ef1c..f68b124bb7d6f7 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,3 @@ pandas ; platform_machine != 'aarch64' and platform_machine != 'arm64'
 
 # scripts/build
 click
-
-# dali
-python-dali