diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/Kconfig.projbuild b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/Kconfig.projbuild
index e1fee9b61..0e6997983 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/Kconfig.projbuild
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/Kconfig.projbuild
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ menu "Example Connection Configuration"
 
     config EXAMPLE_CONNECT_IPV6
         bool "Obtain IPv6 link-local address"
+        depends on IDF_TARGET_ESP32
+        # ToDo: remove once IPV6 is supported on esp32s2
         default y
         help
             By default, examples will wait until IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are obtained.
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
index 1c6bd98d1..0e9b6a5ea 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_event.h"
 #include "esp_wifi.h"
+#if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET
 #include "esp_eth.h"
+#endif
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "tcpip_adapter.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"