diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 30ec7181992..3313bbe7803 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -87,31 +87,8 @@ jobs:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
       - run:
-          name: which pip3 version
-          command: which pip3 && pip3 --version
-      - run:
-          name: install kaleido v0.2.1
-          command: python3 -m pip install kaleido==0.2.1
-      - run:
-          name: install plotly.io v5.0.0
-          command: python3 -m pip install plotly==5.0.0
-      - run:
-          name: install liberation2 fonts
-          command: sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation2
-      - run:
-          name: install OpenSans fonts
-          command: sudo apt-get install fonts-open-sans
-      - run:
-          name: install NotoSansCJK fonts
-          command: sudo apt install fonts-noto-cjk
-      - run:
-          name: download google fonts e.g. Dosis, GravitasOne, NotoSansMono, NotoSans, NotoSerif, Old_Standard_TT, PT_Sans_Narrow, Raleway and Roboto
-          command: python3 .circleci/download_google_fonts.py
-      - run:
-          name: install downloaded google fonts
-          command: |
-            sudo cp -r .circleci/fonts/ /usr/share/
-            sudo fc-cache -f
+          name: install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
+          command: .circleci/env_image.sh
       - run:
           name: create all png files
           command: .circleci/test.sh make-baselines
diff --git a/.circleci/env_image.sh b/.circleci/env_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..55f3547543e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation2 fonts-open-sans fonts-noto-cjk && \
+sudo python3 .circleci/download_google_fonts.py && \
+sudo cp -r .circleci/fonts/ /usr/share/ && \
+sudo fc-cache -f && \
+sudo python3 -m pip install kaleido==0.2.1 plotly==5.1.0