diff --git a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
index 2ac8c20058b..e45b4c60237 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 # 7.1 llext_* configuration functions
 # 7.2 add_llext_* build control functions
 # 7.3 llext helper functions
+# 8. Script mode handling
 
 ########################################################
 # 1. Zephyr-aware extensions
@@ -5759,3 +5760,38 @@ function(llext_filter_zephyr_flags filter flags outvar)
 
   set(${outvar} ${zephyr_filtered_flags} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
+
+########################################################
+# 8. Script mode handling
+########################################################
+#
+# Certain features are not available when CMake is used in script mode.
+# For example custom targets, and thus features related to custom targets, such
+# as target properties are not available in script mode.
+#
+# This section defines behavior for functions whose default implementation does
+# not work correctly in script mode.
+#
+# The script mode function can be a simple stub or a more complex solution
+# depending on the exact use of the function in script mode.
+#
+# Current Zephyr CMake scripts which includes `extensions.cmake` in script mode
+# are: package_helper.cmake, verify-toolchain.cmake
+#
+
+if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
+  # add_custom_target and set_target_properties are not supported in script mode.
+  # However, Zephyr CMake functions like `zephyr_get()`, `zephyr_create_scope()`,
+  # llext functions creates or relies on custom CMake targets.
+  function(add_custom_target)
+    # This silence the error: 'add_custom_target command is not scriptable'
+  endfunction()
+
+  function(set_target_properties)
+    # This silence the error: 'set_target_properties command is not scriptable'
+  endfunction()
+
+  function(zephyr_set variable)
+    # This silence the error: zephyr_set(...  SCOPE <scope>) doesn't exists.
+  endfunction()
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/package_helper.cmake b/cmake/package_helper.cmake
index 55412b94110..886dbfff71d 100644
--- a/cmake/package_helper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_helper.cmake
@@ -44,20 +44,6 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.5)
 
-# add_custom_target and set_target_properties are not supported in script mode.
-# However, several Zephyr CMake modules create custom target for user convenience
-# like menuconfig, boards, shields, etc.
-# As we are not generating a build system with this tool, only running part of
-# the modules, then we simply override those functions to allow running those
-# modules.
-function(add_custom_target)
-  # This silence the error: 'add_custom_target command is not scriptable'
-endfunction()
-
-function(set_target_properties)
-  # This silence the error: 'set_target_properties command is not scriptable'
-endfunction()
-
 # Find last `-B` and `-S` instances.
 foreach(i RANGE ${CMAKE_ARGC})
   if(CMAKE_ARGV${i} MATCHES "^-B(.*)")
@@ -111,16 +97,5 @@ if(NOT DEFINED MODULES)
   )
 endif()
 
-# Loading Zephyr CMake extension commands, which allows us to overload Zephyr
-# scoping rules.
-find_package(Zephyr REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE} COMPONENTS extensions)
-
-# Zephyr scoping creates custom targets for handling of properties.
-# However, custom targets cannot be used in CMake script mode.
-# Therefore disable zephyr_set(... SCOPE ...) in package helper as it is not needed.
-function(zephyr_set variable)
-  # This silence the error: zephyr_set(...  SCOPE <scope>) doesn't exists.
-endfunction()
-
 string(REPLACE ";" "," MODULES "${MODULES}")
 find_package(Zephyr REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE} COMPONENTS zephyr_default:${MODULES})