diff --git a/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/Makefile b/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/Makefile
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--- a/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/Makefile
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-#
-# This is a project Makefile. It is assumed the directory this Makefile resides in is a
-# project subdirectory.
-#
-
-PROJECT_NAME := modem-console
-
-EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS = $(IDF_PATH)/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common
-
-include $(IDF_PATH)/make/project.mk
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/main/component.mk b/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/main/component.mk
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--- a/components/esp_modem/examples/modem_console/main/component.mk
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-#
-# "main" pseudo-component makefile.
-#
-# (Uses default behaviour of compiling all source files in directory, adding 'include' to include path.)
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/target/main/component.mk b/components/esp_modem/test/target/main/component.mk
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--- a/components/esp_modem/test/target/main/component.mk
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-#
-# Main component makefile.
-#
-# This Makefile can be left empty. By default, it will take the sources in the
-# src/ directory, compile them and link them into lib(subdirectory_name).a
-# in the build directory. This behaviour is entirely configurable,
-# please read the ESP-IDF documents if you need to do this.
-#