diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/CMakeLists.txt
index afaa8213e6c..0d975bb57a2 100644
--- a/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,4 @@ project(peripheral_ht)
 FILE(GLOB app_sources src/*.c)
 target_sources(app PRIVATE
   ${app_sources}
-  ../gatt/hts.c
   )
-
-zephyr_library_include_directories($ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE}/samples/bluetooth)
diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/gatt/hts.c b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/hts.c
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/bluetooth/gatt/hts.c
rename to samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/hts.c
diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/gatt/hts.h b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/hts.h
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/bluetooth/gatt/hts.h
rename to samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/hts.h
diff --git a/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/main.c b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/main.c
index c83908bef94..3310bc50547 100644
--- a/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_ht/src/main.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <bluetooth/gatt.h>
 #include <bluetooth/services/bas.h>
 
-#include <gatt/hts.h>
+#include "hts.h"
 
 struct bt_conn *default_conn;