diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a08ac5e8c..f09f10185c 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-set(COMPONENTS esp_websocket_client main)
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
 set(common_component_dir ../../../../common_components)
 set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
-   ../../..
+   ../..
   "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat/esp_timer"
   "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat"
-  "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat/freertos")
-
-list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs)
-include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+  "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat/freertos"
+   $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs
+   $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
 
+set(COMPONENTS main)
 project(websocket)
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ca7c86801..0000000000
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-dependencies:
-  idf: ">5.2"
-  protocol_examples_common:
-    path: ${IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common