diff --git a/tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/files/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
rename to ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/files/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
index 672f643f57..f318b3abc4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 - name: Copying ovs-dpdkctl tool
   become: true
   copy:
-    src: ../tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
+    src: ovs-dpdkctl.sh
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/ovsdpdk-db/ovs-dpdkctl.sh"
     mode: "0770"
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/move-of-ovs-dpdkctl.sh-394a8fb9a0da55f1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/move-of-ovs-dpdkctl.sh-394a8fb9a0da55f1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..390a74e9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/move-of-ovs-dpdkctl.sh-394a8fb9a0da55f1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    ``tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh`` moved to
+    ``ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/files/ovs-dpdkctl.sh``
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f150f416c8..f2f0094740 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ data_files =
     share/kolla-ansible/tools = tools/cleanup-containers
     share/kolla-ansible/tools = tools/cleanup-host
     share/kolla-ansible/tools = tools/cleanup-images
-    share/kolla-ansible/tools = tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
     share/kolla-ansible/doc = doc/*
     share/kolla-ansible/etc_examples = etc/*
     share/kolla-ansible = tools/init-runonce