Trunk carpet needs to be removed indeed, but also the 2 side panels (3 plastic clips and 2 bolts with big rings each panel). To be able to remove the side panels also the plastic cover (that keeps the trunk light) needs to be removed (4 plastic clips) because there’s 2 of the plastic side panel clips underneath it.
Once the side panels are removed the bulkhead panel can be removed easily (pull on the lower side first to unclip it)
Maybe this all sounds like a lot of work but its actually done pretty quickly once you know where to find and remove all the clips.
Its not possible to remove the bulkhead cover without removing both side panels.