diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d19ff5631..52a0c94544 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/")
+    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
+                    "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs")
     set(COMPONENTS main)
     include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 else()
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f75ec2a8..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    idf_component_register(SRCS
-                        esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
-                        INCLUDE_DIRS . include/stubs
-                        REQUIRES main)
-endif()
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 51141e0bc5..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include "esp_err.h"
-#include "esp_log.h"
-
-extern void app_main(void);
-
-esp_err_t esp_event_loop_create_default(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
-esp_err_t esp_netif_init(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
-esp_err_t example_connect(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
-esp_err_t nvs_flash_init(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-    app_main();
-
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_event.h b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_event.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 79887049cf..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_event.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t esp_event_loop_create_default(void);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_netif.h b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_netif.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 860d7a620b..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/esp_netif.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <net/if.h>
-#include <ifaddrs.h>
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t esp_netif_init(void);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/nvs_flash.h b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/nvs_flash.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d138a838a..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/nvs_flash.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t nvs_flash_init(void);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/protocol_examples_common.h b/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/protocol_examples_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f8bf0706f..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/sockets/tcp_client/components/esp_stubs/include/stubs/protocol_examples_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t example_connect(void);