diff --git a/libraries/ESPhost/library.properties b/libraries/ESPhost/library.properties
index 62cbb75f5..5cbba6f80 100644
--- a/libraries/ESPhost/library.properties
+++ b/libraries/ESPhost/library.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ paragraph=With this library you can use the WiFi present on C33 board to connect
 category=Communication
 url=https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-renesas/tree/master/libraries/ESPhost
 architectures=renesas,renesas_portenta
-precompiled=true
-ldflags=-lprotobufc
+dot_a_linkage=true
diff --git a/libraries/ESPhost/src/cortex-m33/libprotobufc.a b/libraries/ESPhost/src/cortex-m33/libprotobufc.a
deleted file mode 100644
index 75b7abc22..000000000
Binary files a/libraries/ESPhost/src/cortex-m33/libprotobufc.a and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/libraries/ESPhost/src/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c b/libraries/ESPhost/src/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..79281f800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/ESPhost/src/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../extras/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c
\ No newline at end of file