diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index a87da26..d077833 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@ load("//:deps.bzl", "rules_appimage_deps")
 
 rules_appimage_deps()
 
-register_toolchains("//appimage:all")
-
-# Below this is the Python setup for testing the rules_appimage Python rules.
-# This is _not_ required for _using_ the rules_appimage rules.
-
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
-
-maybe(
-    http_archive,
-    name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "9d04041ac92a0985e344235f5d946f71ac543f1b1565f2cdbc9a2aaee8adf55b",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.26.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.26.0/rules_python-0.26.0.tar.gz",
-)
-
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories", "python_register_toolchains")
 
 py_repositories()
@@ -29,15 +13,17 @@ python_register_toolchains(
     python_version = "3.11",
 )
 
-load("@rules_appimage_python//:defs.bzl", "interpreter")
+load("@rules_appimage_python//:defs.bzl", rules_appimage_py_interpreter = "interpreter")
 load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "pip_parse")
 
 pip_parse(
     name = "rules_appimage_py_deps",
-    python_interpreter_target = interpreter,
-    requirements_lock = "//:requirements.txt",
+    python_interpreter_target = rules_appimage_py_interpreter,
+    requirements_lock = "@rules_appimage//:requirements.txt",
 )
 
 load("@rules_appimage_py_deps//:requirements.bzl", "install_deps")
 
 install_deps()
+
+register_toolchains("@rules_appimage//appimage:all")
diff --git a/deps.bzl b/deps.bzl
index 74cb8aa..25e9911 100644
--- a/deps.bzl
+++ b/deps.bzl
@@ -58,3 +58,13 @@ def rules_appimage_deps():
         strip_prefix = "zstd-1.5.5",
         url = "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.5.5/zstd-1.5.5.tar.gz",
     )
+
+    # rules python is needed to provide the bzlmod/workspace-agnostic bazel-runfiles pip requirement for mkappimage.
+    # Don't forget to add the setup steps to the main WORKSPACE file! You can find them in the release notes as well.
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_python",
+        sha256 = "9d04041ac92a0985e344235f5d946f71ac543f1b1565f2cdbc9a2aaee8adf55b",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.26.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.26.0/rules_python-0.26.0.tar.gz",
+    )