diff --git a/components/esp_netif/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_netif/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c6f04e41b..d1aa21974b 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_netif/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
-
 set(srcs_lwip
         "lwip/esp_netif_lwip.c"
         "lwip/esp_netif_sntp.c"
@@ -17,12 +15,6 @@ set(srcs
 set(include_dirs "include")
 set(priv_include_dirs "private_include")
 
-idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
-if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
-    list(APPEND include_dirs
-            "linux/stubs/include")
-endif()
-
 if(CONFIG_PPP_SUPPORT)
     list(APPEND srcs_lwip lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c lwip/netif/ppp.c)
 endif()
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/linux/stubs/include/machine/endian.h b/components/esp_netif/linux/stubs/include/machine/endian.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 120152bdab..0000000000
--- a/components/esp_netif/linux/stubs/include/machine/endian.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-#pragma once
-
-#include_next <endian.h>
diff --git a/components/linux/include/machine/endian.h b/components/linux/include/machine/endian.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f6fe5d458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/linux/include/machine/endian.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+#if __APPLE__
+#include_next <machine/endian.h>
+#else
+#include <endian.h>
+#endif