diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index b4c7bb3a9..2a08ac5e8 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
   "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat"
   "${common_component_dir}/linux_compat/freertos")
 
-list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common)
 list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ENV{IDF_PATH}/examples/protocols/linux_stubs/esp_stubs)
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..718194867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies:
+  protocol_examples_common:
+    path: ${IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
index 53f7bc054..6858816b3 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 # in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# This example uses an extra component for common functions such as Wi-Fi and Ethernet connection.
-list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "../../../../common_components/protocol_examples_common")
-
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(websocket_example)
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
index dbbe4a314..0cc1eea4d 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ dependencies:
   espressif/esp_websocket_client:
     version: "^1.0.0"
     override_path: "../../../"
+  protocol_examples_common:
+    path: ${IDF_PATH}/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common