diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_common/include/mesh_util.h b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_common/include/mesh_util.h
index 4edc5a6559..d57efa904e 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_common/include/mesh_util.h
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_common/include/mesh_util.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #define _BLE_MESH_UTIL_H_
 
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include "soc/soc.h"
+#include "esp_bit_defs.h"
 #include "mesh_types.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/include/mesh_bearer_adapt.h b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/include/mesh_bearer_adapt.h
index cc3d2b7bfc..25068554d0 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/include/mesh_bearer_adapt.h
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/include/mesh_bearer_adapt.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* BLE Mesh Max Connection Count */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_BLUEDROID_ENABLED
-#define BLE_MESH_MAX_CONN   MIN(CONFIG_BT_ACL_CONNECTIONS, CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_BLE_MAX_CONN)
+#define BLE_MESH_MAX_CONN   CONFIG_BT_ACL_CONNECTIONS
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED