diff --git a/components/esp_ringbuf/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_ringbuf/CMakeLists.txt
index 04ed12a0fb..09bfac678b 100644
--- a/components/esp_ringbuf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_ringbuf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
 
-if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
-    return() # This component is not supported by the POSIX/Linux simulator
-endif()
-
 idf_component_register(SRCS "ringbuf.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
                     LDFRAGMENTS linker.lf)