diff --git a/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/CMakeLists.txt
index b2bc60c4b9a..8848bc4d951 100644
--- a/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,57 +13,11 @@ if (NOT DEFINED ENV{BSIM_OUT_PATH})
  https://babblesim.github.io/folder_structure_and_env.html")
 endif()
 
-#Let's check that the HW models are the needed version or newer
-#That is, that the needed tag is somewhere in the past of its branch
-if(NOT DEFINED ENV{NO_NRF52_BSIM_VERSION_WARNING})
-  if(GIT_FOUND) #boilerplate.cmake searches for git
-    file(STRINGS "hw_models_version" NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG) #desired version
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} merge-base --is-ancestor
-      ${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG} HEAD
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG_FOUND
-      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-      ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-      ERROR_VARIABLE stderr
-      RESULT_VARIABLE return_code
-    )
-    if(return_code)
-      message(WARNING "The NRF52 HW models are out of date\
- (${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG} needed at least); Please update them or expect\
- problems!\nReported error while trying to find the tag: \"${stderr}\"")
-
-      #let's print the latest actual tag for the available models:
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG_FOUND
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-        ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-        ERROR_VARIABLE stderr
-        RESULT_VARIABLE return_code
-      )
-      message(STATUS "Found NRF52 models version ${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG_FOUND}")
-
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "To disable this check set the environment variable\
- NO_NRF52_BSIM_VERSION_WARNING")
-
-    elseif(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
-      message(STATUS "nrf52_bsim: git merge-base --is-ancestor\
- ${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG} HEAD,
- stdout: ${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG_FOUND}
- stderr: ${stderr}")
-    endif()
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 zephyr_library()
 zephyr_library_compile_definitions(NO_POSIX_CHEATS)
 
 zephyr_include_directories(
   fake
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/nrfx/hal/
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/nrfx/
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/HW_models/
 )
 
 #Due to the BLE controller assumption about enum size
@@ -85,8 +39,6 @@ zephyr_library_include_directories(
   fake
   $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/libUtilv1/src/
   $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/libPhyComv1/src/
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/HW_models/
-  $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/ext_NRF52_hw_models/src/nrfx_hal/
   $ENV{BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}/libRandv2/src/
   ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/kernel/include
   ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/arch/posix/include
@@ -101,7 +53,6 @@ zephyr_library_import(bsim_libUtilv1      ${libpath}/libUtilv1.32.a)
 zephyr_library_import(bsim_libPhyComv1    ${libpath}/libPhyComv1.32.a)
 zephyr_library_import(bsim_lib2G4PhyComv1 ${libpath}/lib2G4PhyComv1.32.a)
 zephyr_library_import(bsim_libRandv2      ${libpath}/libRandv2.32.a)
-zephyr_library_import(bsim_libNRF52_hw    ${libpath}/libNRF52_hw_models.32.a)
 
 # This is due to some tests using _Static_assert which is a 2011 feature, but
 # otherwise relying on compilers supporting it also when set to C99.
diff --git a/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/hw_models_version b/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/hw_models_version
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ec837a440..00000000000
--- a/boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/hw_models_version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v2.0
diff --git a/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh b/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
index 500ee68bb75..e045b63c30e 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
@@ -115,29 +115,6 @@ function on_complete() {
 	fi
 }
 
-
-function build_btsim() {
-	nrf_hw_models_version=`cat boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/hw_models_version`
-	pushd .
-	cd ${BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH}
-	if [ -d ext_NRF52_hw_models ]; then
-		cd ext_NRF52_hw_models
-		git describe --tags --abbrev=0 ${NRF52_HW_MODELS_TAG}\
-		> /dev/null ||
-		(
-			echo "`pwd` seems to contain the nRF52 HW\
- models but they are out of date"
-			exit 1
-		)
-	else
-		git clone -b ${nrf_hw_models_version} \
-		https://github.com/BabbleSim/ext_NRF52_hw_models.git
-	fi
-	cd ${BSIM_OUT_PATH}
-	make everything -j 8 -s
-	popd
-}
-
 function run_bsim_bt_tests() {
 	WORK_DIR=${ZEPHYR_BASE}/bsim_bt_out tests/bluetooth/bsim_bt/compile.sh
 	RESULTS_FILE=${ZEPHYR_BASE}/${bsim_bt_test_results_file} \
@@ -250,10 +227,7 @@ if [ -n "$main_ci" ]; then
 	$short_git_log
 
 	if [ -n "${BSIM_OUT_PATH}" -a -d "${BSIM_OUT_PATH}" ]; then
-		echo "Build BT simulator tests"
-		# Build BT Simulator
-		build_btsim
-
+		echo "Build and run BT simulator tests"
 		# Run BLE tests in simulator on the 1st CI instance:
 		if [ "$matrix" = "1" ]; then
 			run_bsim_bt_tests
diff --git a/west.yml b/west.yml
index ad6399fc7e5..bcb8f6d401e 100644
--- a/west.yml
+++ b/west.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ manifest:
     - name: mipi-sys-t
       path: modules/debug/mipi-sys-t
       revision: baf51863f19f009b92e762115ba5572a5b996b92
+    - name: nrf_hw_models
+      path: modules/bsim_hw_models/nrf_hw_models
+      revision: fec69703cb1ca06fcdab6d5fde01274f0fc5c759
 
   self:
     path: zephyr