diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/boltsetup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/boltsetup.py
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7a076c981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/boltsetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../boltsetup.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/setup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/setup.py
index 7b18e850e..0b4786310 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt1/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
 from pyln.spec.bolt1 import __version__, desc
-from setuptools import setup
-import io
+from boltsetup import bolt_setup
 
-with io.open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    requirements = [r for r in f.read().split('\n') if len(r)]
-
-
-def do_setup(boltnum: int, version: str, desc: str):
-    setup(name='pyln-bolt{}'.format(boltnum),
-          version=version,
-          description=desc,
-          url='http://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning',
-          author='Rusty Russell',
-          author_email='rusty@rustcorp.com.au',
-          license='MIT',
-          packages=['pyln.spec.bolt{}'.format(boltnum)],
-          package_data={'pyln.proto.message': ['py.typed']},
-          scripts=[],
-          zip_safe=True,
-          install_requires=requirements)
-
-
-do_setup(1, __version__, desc)
+bolt_setup(1, __version__, desc)
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/boltsetup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/boltsetup.py
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7a076c981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/boltsetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../boltsetup.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/setup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/setup.py
index e22cb01f7..6e3ee5344 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt2/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
 from pyln.spec.bolt2 import __version__, desc
-from setuptools import setup
-import io
+from boltsetup import bolt_setup
 
-with io.open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    requirements = [r for r in f.read().split('\n') if len(r)]
-
-
-def do_setup(boltnum: int, version: str, desc: str):
-    setup(name='pyln-bolt{}'.format(boltnum),
-          version=version,
-          description=desc,
-          url='http://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning',
-          author='Rusty Russell',
-          author_email='rusty@rustcorp.com.au',
-          license='MIT',
-          packages=['pyln.spec.bolt{}'.format(boltnum)],
-          package_data={'pyln.proto.message': ['py.typed']},
-          scripts=[],
-          zip_safe=True,
-          install_requires=requirements)
-
-
-do_setup(2, __version__, desc)
+bolt_setup(2, __version__, desc)
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/boltsetup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/boltsetup.py
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7a076c981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/boltsetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../boltsetup.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/setup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/setup.py
index ecffc05e1..ac4b6f3fc 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt4/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
 from pyln.spec.bolt4 import __version__, desc
-from setuptools import setup
-import io
+from boltsetup import bolt_setup
 
-with io.open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    requirements = [r for r in f.read().split('\n') if len(r)]
-
-
-def do_setup(boltnum: int, version: str, desc: str):
-    setup(name='pyln-bolt{}'.format(boltnum),
-          version=version,
-          description=desc,
-          url='http://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning',
-          author='Rusty Russell',
-          author_email='rusty@rustcorp.com.au',
-          license='MIT',
-          packages=['pyln.spec.bolt{}'.format(boltnum)],
-          package_data={'pyln.proto.message': ['py.typed']},
-          scripts=[],
-          zip_safe=True,
-          install_requires=requirements)
-
-
-do_setup(4, __version__, desc)
+bolt_setup(4, __version__, desc)
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/boltsetup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/boltsetup.py
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7a076c981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/boltsetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../boltsetup.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/setup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/setup.py
index 0400c648e..3971ab0f0 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
 from pyln.spec.bolt7 import __version__, desc
-from setuptools import setup
-import io
+from boltsetup import bolt_setup
 
-with io.open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    requirements = [r for r in f.read().split('\n') if len(r)]
-
-
-def do_setup(boltnum: int, version: str, desc: str):
-    setup(name='pyln-bolt{}'.format(boltnum),
-          version=version,
-          description=desc,
-          url='http://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning',
-          author='Rusty Russell',
-          author_email='rusty@rustcorp.com.au',
-          license='MIT',
-          packages=['pyln.spec.bolt{}'.format(boltnum)],
-          package_data={'pyln.proto.message': ['py.typed']},
-          scripts=[],
-          zip_safe=True,
-          install_requires=requirements)
-
-
-do_setup(7, __version__, desc)
+bolt_setup(7, __version__, desc)
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-spec/boltsetup.py b/contrib/pyln-spec/boltsetup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82d122205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pyln-spec/boltsetup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+import io
+
+with io.open('requirements.txt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    requirements = [r for r in f.read().split('\n') if len(r)]
+
+
+def bolt_setup(boltnum: int, version: str, desc: str):
+    setup(name='pyln-bolt{}'.format(boltnum),
+          version=version,
+          description=desc,
+          url='http://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning',
+          author='Rusty Russell',
+          author_email='rusty@rustcorp.com.au',
+          license='MIT',
+          packages=['pyln.spec.bolt{}'.format(boltnum)],
+          package_data={'pyln.proto.message': ['py.typed']},
+          scripts=[],
+          zip_safe=True,
+          install_requires=requirements)