diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_blecent/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_blecent/CMakeLists.txt
index 905d2f8b8d..2bd3526463 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_blecent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_blecent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(coc_blecent)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_bleprph/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
index 1979f5db49..54e3754054 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_l2cap_coc/coc_bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(coc_bleprph)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
index a143c9dd24..a11db0a8cb 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_adv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(ble_periodic_adv)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
index 12971ca736..0cfa53d6f5 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_periodic_sync/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(ble_periodic_sync)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
index 06b2dba673..a880cbac4f 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ {CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} / .. / .. / common / nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH} / tools / cmake / project.cmake)
 project(phy_cent)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
index 550d0a0827..a1cd792ea6 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ {CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} / .. / .. / common / nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH} / tools / cmake / project.cmake)
 project(phy_prph)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/CMakeLists.txt
index b0bdddddf7..487f50656f 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(spp_client)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/CMakeLists.txt
index 87c71ac07d..32da2da9a7 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_spp/spp_server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(spp_server)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b337e7c82..06382888f1 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_central_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(blecent)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
index 1156a75370..59f9534623 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/bluetooth/nimble/common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(bleprph)