There is described a method for Java Card application memory footprint optimization which relies on the separation in advance of the code related to the personalization from the rest of the code. It allows this code to perform the personalization of an application installed from a main package while being itself included and installed from a separated package dedicated to the personalization, namely the Card Personalization Specifications (CPS) package. This way, the CPS package and all the code inherent to the personalization can be removed once all the personalization steps have been completed.