diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a7352d5fd..4f9ea953cf 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     # Header only library for linux
 
     idf_component_register(INCLUDE_DIRS include
-                           PRIV_REQUIRES tapif_io)
+                           SRCS protocol_examples_utils.c)
     return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
index 8a7e28266b..6debc20813 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/connect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
index 4921e477ea..b85d26d636 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/example_common_private.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
index 7417c1e635..430cdae7f9 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include/protocol_examples_common.h
@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@
 
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
+#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 #include "esp_netif.h"
 #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET
 #include "esp_eth.h"
 #endif
+#endif // !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#if !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_WIFI
 #define EXAMPLE_NETIF_DESC_STA "example_netif_sta"
 #endif
@@ -96,6 +99,10 @@ void example_register_wifi_connect_commands(void);
 esp_eth_handle_t get_example_eth_handle(void);
 #endif // CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET
 
+#else
+static inline esp_err_t example_connect(void) {return ESP_OK;}
+#endif // !CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
index a30836152e..3316f636e7 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
+
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
+    list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/"
                     "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs")
     set(COMPONENTS main)
-else()
-    set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
 endif()
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 783d70fa84..cc80568867 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # (If this was a component, we would set COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES here.)
 set(requires "")
 if(${IDF_TARGET} STREQUAL "linux")
-    list(APPEND requires esp_stubs esp-tls esp_http_client)
+    list(APPEND requires esp_stubs esp-tls esp_http_client protocol_examples_common)
 endif()
 idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_http_client_example.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "."
diff --git a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
index 33f0cfd0ff..b0edaecd2b 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/esp_stubs.c
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ esp_err_t esp_netif_init(void)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-esp_err_t example_connect(void)
-{
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
 esp_err_t nvs_flash_init(void)
 {
     return ESP_OK;
diff --git a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h b/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 416377a82d..0000000000
--- a/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs/include/protocol_examples_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
- */
-#include "esp_err.h"
-
-esp_err_t example_connect(void);