diff --git a/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
index b6690eb027..44e4b7ec84 100644
--- a/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
                        PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS . ../private_include
                        PRIV_REQUIRES cmock test_utils esp_event driver)
-
-if(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV)
-    # Temporary workaround for a linker issue on RISC-V that should be resolved in binutils 2.35 (internal ref: GCC-101)
-    target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE -mno-relax)
-endif()
diff --git a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c3 b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c3
index fbd8f6d97b..0b87f01d41 100644
--- a/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c3
+++ b/tools/unit-test-app/configs/default_2_c3
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This config is split between targets since different component needs to be excluded (esp32, esp32s2)
 CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32c3"
-TEST_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS=libsodium bt app_update freertos esp32c3 esp_ipc esp_pm esp_system esp_timer driver heap pthread soc spi_flash vfs experimental_cpp_component ulp perfmon esp-tls
+TEST_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS=libsodium bt app_update freertos esp32c3 esp_ipc esp_pm esp_system esp_timer driver heap pthread soc spi_flash vfs experimental_cpp_component ulp perfmon esp-tls test_utils