diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 97596dbee8d..d1ad6ac5de0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1237,13 +1237,6 @@ set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_CYCLES        OFF)
 set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_DRACO         OFF)
 set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_MOD_FLUID     OFF)
 
-if(NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
-  if(WITH_DRACO AND NOT WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL)
-    message(STATUS "WITH_DRACO requires WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL to be ON, disabling WITH_DRACO for now")
-    set(WITH_DRACO OFF)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 # enable boost for cycles, audaspace or i18n
 # otherwise if the user disabled
 
diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index 4537b6e3a2a..0940a1791f8 100755
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 bl_info = {
     'name': 'glTF 2.0 format',
     'author': 'Julien Duroure, Scurest, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin Schmithüsen, Jim Eckerlein, and many external contributors',
-    "version": (4, 4, 23),
-    'blender': (4, 3, 0),
+    "version": (4, 4, 24),
+    'blender': (4, 4, 0),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
     'warning': '',
diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/draco.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/draco.py
index 75e23162c67..53f58860c43 100644
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/draco.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/draco.py
@@ -8,59 +8,25 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import bpy
 
 
-def find_draco_dll_in_module(library_name: str) -> Path:
-    """
-    Get the extern Draco library if it exist in the default location used when
-    build PYthon as a module
-    :return: DLL/shared library path.
-    """
-    bpy_path = Path(bpy.__file__).resolve()
-    bpy_dir = bpy_path.parents[4]
-    lib_dir = bpy_dir / 'lib'
-
-    draco_path = lib_dir / library_name
-    if draco_path.exists():
-        return draco_path
-
-    return None
-
-
 def dll_path() -> Path:
     """
-    Get the DLL path depending on the underlying platform.
-    :return: DLL path.
+    Get the library path, that should be at addon root
+    :return: library path.
     """
     lib_name = 'extern_draco'
-    blender_root = Path(bpy.app.binary_path).parent
-    python_lib = Path('{v[0]}.{v[1]}/python/lib'.format(v=bpy.app.version))
-    python_version = 'python{v[0]}.{v[1]}'.format(v=sys.version_info)
-
-    path = os.environ.get('BLENDER_EXTERN_DRACO_LIBRARY_PATH')
-    if path is not None:
-        return Path(path)
-
     library_name = {
         'win32': '{}.dll'.format(lib_name),
         'linux': 'lib{}.so'.format(lib_name),
         'darwin': 'lib{}.dylib'.format(lib_name)
     }.get(sys.platform)
 
-    path = find_draco_dll_in_module(library_name)
+    path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules['io_scene_gltf2'].__file__)
     if path is not None:
-        return path
+        return Path(os.path.join(path, library_name))
 
-    path = {
-        'win32': blender_root / python_lib / 'site-packages',
-        'linux': blender_root / python_lib / python_version / 'site-packages',
-        'darwin': blender_root.parent / 'Resources' / python_lib / python_version / 'site-packages'
-    }.get(sys.platform)
-
-    if path is None or library_name is None:
+    if library_name is None:
         print('WARNING', 'Unsupported platform {}, Draco mesh compression is unavailable'.format(sys.platform))
 
-    return path / library_name
-
-
 def dll_exists(quiet=False) -> bool:
     """
     Checks whether the DLL path exists.
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index c3fcdc755db..65b2f35c7d7 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -479,6 +479,14 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     endif()
   endif()
   unset(FREESTYLE_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL)
+
+  if(WITH_DRACO)
+    install(
+      PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
+      DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2
+    )
+  endif()
+
 endif()
 
 # fonts
@@ -983,19 +991,6 @@ file(REMOVE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/lib/libglapi.so.0.0.0)\n
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if(WITH_DRACO)
-    if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/bpy/lib
-      )
-    else()
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
-      )
-    endif()
-  endif()
 elseif(WIN32)
   if(WITH_WINDOWS_EXTERNAL_MANIFEST)
     install(
@@ -1536,20 +1531,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
     )
   endif()
 
-  if(WITH_DRACO)
-    if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/bpy/lib
-      )
-    else()
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/site-packages
-      )
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
   if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE AND TARGETDIR_BPY)
     install(
       TARGETS blender
@@ -1680,19 +1661,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     )
   endif()
 
-  if(WITH_DRACO)
-    if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/bpy/lib
-      )
-    else()
-      install(
-        PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:extern_draco>
-        DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
-      )
-    endif()
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------