diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/component.mk b/components/esp_websocket_client/component.mk
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--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/component.mk
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-ifdef CONFIG_WS_TRANSPORT
-COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := .
-COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := include
-endif
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/component.mk b/components/esp_websocket_client/test/component.mk
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index 8c6eb513e..000000000
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/test/component.mk
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-#Component Makefile
-#
-COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--whole-archive -l$(COMPONENT_NAME) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
diff --git a/examples/protocols/websocket/Makefile b/examples/protocols/websocket/Makefile
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--- a/examples/protocols/websocket/Makefile
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This is a project Makefile. It is assumed the directory this Makefile resides in is a
-# project subdirectory.
-#
-PROJECT_NAME := websocket_example
-
-EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS = $(IDF_PATH)/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common
-
-include $(IDF_PATH)/make/project.mk
diff --git a/examples/protocols/websocket/main/component.mk b/examples/protocols/websocket/main/component.mk
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index e69de29bb..000000000