diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 8c7eb2dae..3475f0fd6 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ task:
       - ./contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh
       - mkdir contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build
       - cp electrum/libsecp256k1.so.* contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/
-  libsecp_install_script:
-    - cp contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/* electrum/
   tox_script:
     - export PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG
     - export PYTHONDEVMODE
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ task:
   coveralls_script:
     - if [ ! -z "$COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN" ] ; then coveralls ; fi
   env:
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH: contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/
     ELECTRUM_REQUIREMENTS_CI: contrib/requirements/requirements-ci.txt
     ELECTRUM_REQUIREMENTS: contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
     # following CI_* env vars are set up for coveralls
@@ -127,8 +126,6 @@ task:
       - ./contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh
       - mkdir contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build
       - cp electrum/libsecp256k1.so.* contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/
-  libsecp_install_script:
-    - cp contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/* electrum/
   bitcoind_service_background_script:
     - tests/regtest/run_bitcoind.sh
   electrumx_service_background_script:
@@ -137,6 +134,7 @@ task:
     - sleep 10s
     - python3 -m unittest tests/regtest.py
   env:
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH: contrib/_saved_secp256k1_build/
     ELECTRUM_REQUIREMENTS: contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
     # ElectrumX exits with an error without this:
     ALLOW_ROOT: 1
diff --git a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
index 39b78b40f..a1913ca3c 100755
--- a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ pushd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/electrum
 # see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2195 -- pip makes a copy of the entire directory
 info "Pip installing Electrum. This might take a long time if the project folder is large."
 $WINE_PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-warn-script-location .
-# pyinstaller needs to be able to "import electrum", for which we need libsecp256k1:
+# pyinstaller needs to be able to "import electrum_ecc", for which we need libsecp256k1:
 # (or could try "pip install -e" instead)
-cp electrum/libsecp256k1-*.dll "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/python3/Lib/site-packages/electrum/"
+cp electrum/libsecp256k1-*.dll "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/python3/Lib/site-packages/electrum_ecc/"
 popd
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh b/contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh
index 1bcfd913b..8887eb814 100755
--- a/contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh
+++ b/contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ info "Building $pkgname..."
     make install || fail "Could not install $pkgname"
     . "$here/$pkgname/dist/lib/libsecp256k1.la"
     host_strip "$here/$pkgname/dist/lib/$dlname"
-    cp -fpv "$here/$pkgname/dist/lib/$dlname" "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum" || fail "Could not copy the $pkgname binary to its destination"
-    info "$dlname has been placed in the inner 'electrum' folder."
     if [ -n "$DLL_TARGET_DIR" ] ; then
         cp -fpv "$here/$pkgname/dist/lib/$dlname" "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/" || fail "Could not copy the $pkgname binary to DLL_TARGET_DIR"
+    else
+        cp -fpv "$here/$pkgname/dist/lib/$dlname" "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum" || fail "Could not copy the $pkgname binary to its destination"
+        info "$dlname has been placed in the 'electrum' folder."
     fi
 )
diff --git a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
index 5621d5d55..6d7c3b838 100755
--- a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
+++ b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/libsecp256k1.2.dylib" ]; then
 else
     info "Skipping libsecp256k1 build: reusing already built dylib."
 fi
-cp -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR"/libsecp256k1.*.dylib "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum/" || fail "Could not copy libsecp256k1 dylib"
+#cp -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR"/libsecp256k1.*.dylib "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum" || fail "Could not copy libsecp256k1 dylib"
 
 if [ ! -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/libzbar.0.dylib" ]; then
     info "Building ZBar dylib..."
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all:
 info "Building $PACKAGE..."
 python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies \
     --no-warn-script-location . > /dev/null || fail "Could not build $PACKAGE"
-# pyinstaller needs to be able to "import electrum", for which we need libsecp256k1:
+# pyinstaller needs to be able to "import electrum_ecc", for which we need libsecp256k1:
 # (or could try "pip install -e" instead)
-cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum"/libsecp256k1.*.dylib "$VENV_DIR/lib/python$PY_VER_MAJOR/site-packages/electrum/"
+cp "$DLL_TARGET_DIR"/libsecp256k1.*.dylib "$VENV_DIR/lib/python$PY_VER_MAJOR/site-packages/electrum_ecc/"
 
 # strip debug symbols of some compiled libs
 # - hidapi (hid.cpython-39-darwin.so) in particular is not reproducible without this