diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
index a2f55a8858..7eff1870a2 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c" "misc.c" "peer.c"
-                    INCLUDE_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/components")
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 50ad74e898..1d440d5d68 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ set(srcs "main.c"
         "misc.c")
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS "${srcs}"
-                    INCLUDE_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/components")
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS ".")