diff --git a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
index 6758c29..95343ea 100644
--- a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ bool NimBLEDevice::init(const std::string& deviceName) {
         esp_bt_controller_mem_release(ESP_BT_MODE_CLASSIC_BT);
 #  endif
 
-#  if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 0, 0) | !defined(CONFIG_NIMBLE_CPP_IDF)
+#  if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 0, 0) || !defined(CONFIG_NIMBLE_CPP_IDF)
         esp_bt_controller_config_t bt_cfg = BT_CONTROLLER_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
 #   if defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32)
         bt_cfg.mode         = ESP_BT_MODE_BLE;
@@ -916,11 +916,13 @@ bool NimBLEDevice::init(const std::string& deviceName) {
             return false;
         }
 
+#   if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_LEGACY_VHCI_ENABLE
         err = esp_nimble_hci_init();
         if (err != ESP_OK) {
             NIMBLE_LOGE(LOG_TAG, "esp_nimble_hci_init() failed; err=%d", err);
             return false;
         }
+#   endif
 #  endif
 # endif
         nimble_port_init();