diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
index dafbf41a79..52e676a338 100644
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/system/eventfd/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "eventfd_example.c"
-                       LDFRAGMENTS linker.lf
                        INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk b/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
index f3cf3c2887..a98f634eae 100644
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
+++ b/examples/system/eventfd/main/component.mk
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 # "main" pseudo-component makefile.
 #
 # (Uses default behaviour of compiling all source files in directory, adding 'include' to include path.)
-
-COMPONENT_ADD_LDFRAGMENTS += linker.lf
diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/eventfd_example.c b/examples/system/eventfd/main/eventfd_example.c
index 727c145a7b..e7aaa57ab4 100644
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/eventfd_example.c
+++ b/examples/system/eventfd/main/eventfd_example.c
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ static const char *TAG = "eventfd_example";
 int s_timer_fd;
 int s_progress_fd;
 
-static void eventfd_timer_group0_isr(void *para)
+static bool eventfd_timer_isr_callback(void *arg)
 {
-    timer_spinlock_take(TIMER_GROUP_0);
-    int timer_idx = (int) para;
+    int timer_idx = (int) arg;
 
     uint32_t timer_intr = timer_group_get_intr_status_in_isr(TIMER_GROUP_0);
     uint64_t timer_counter_value = timer_group_get_counter_value_in_isr(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx);
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@ static void eventfd_timer_group0_isr(void *para)
     uint64_t signal = TIMER_SIGNAL;
     ssize_t val = write(s_timer_fd, &signal, sizeof(signal));
     assert(val == sizeof(signal));
-    timer_spinlock_give(TIMER_GROUP_0);
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void eventfd_timer_init(int timer_idx, double timer_interval_sec)
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ static void eventfd_timer_init(int timer_idx, double timer_interval_sec)
 
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(timer_set_alarm_value(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx, timer_interval_sec * TIMER_SCALE));
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(timer_enable_intr(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx));
-    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(timer_isr_register(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx, eventfd_timer_group0_isr,
-                                       NULL, ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM, NULL));
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(timer_isr_callback_add(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx, &eventfd_timer_isr_callback, (void*) timer_idx, 0));
 
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(timer_start(TIMER_GROUP_0, timer_idx));
 }
diff --git a/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf b/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf
deleted file mode 100644
index c171663891..0000000000
--- a/examples/system/eventfd/main/linker.lf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[mapping:main]
-archive: libmain.a
-entries:
-    eventfd_example:eventfd_timer_group0_isr (noflash)