diff --git a/porting/nimble/src/hal_uart.c b/porting/nimble/src/hal_uart.c
index 7d8c80a6b..cbfe7225c 100644
--- a/porting/nimble/src/hal_uart.c
+++ b/porting/nimble/src/hal_uart.c
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #include "riscv/interrupt.h"
 #include "hal/uart_ll.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
+#include "rom/ets_sys.h"
+
+#include "driver/uart.h"
+#include "driver/periph_ctrl.h"
 
 struct hal_uart {
     uint8_t u_open:1;
@@ -296,23 +300,11 @@ void uart0_init(uint32_t baud)
 
     esp_intr_reserve(ISR_ID, xPortGetCoreID());
 
-    gpio_set_level(tx_pin, 1);
-    PIN_FUNC_SELECT(GPIO_PIN_MUX_REG[tx_pin], FUNC_U0RXD_U0RXD);
-    gpio_set_pull_mode(tx_pin, GPIO_PULLUP_ONLY);
-    gpio_set_direction(tx_pin, GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT);
-    gpio_matrix_out(tx_pin, U0TXD_OUT_IDX, 0, 0);
-
-    PIN_FUNC_SELECT(GPIO_PIN_MUX_REG[rx_pin], FUNC_U0TXD_U0TXD);
-    gpio_set_pull_mode(rx_pin, GPIO_PULLUP_ONLY);
-    gpio_set_direction(rx_pin, GPIO_MODE_INPUT);
-    gpio_pad_input_enable(rx_pin);
-    gpio_matrix_in(rx_pin, U0RXD_IN_IDX, 0);
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_set_pin(0, tx_pin, rx_pin, -1, -1));
 
 }
 
 
-#include "driver/uart.h"
-#include "driver/periph_ctrl.h"
 
 void uart_init(uint32_t baud)
 {
@@ -369,7 +361,7 @@ void uart_init(uint32_t baud)
 
     u->u_rx_sem = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
 
-    uint8_t TX_IO = CONFIG_HCI_UART_TX_PIN, RX_IO = CONFIG_HCI_UART_RX_PIN, ISR_ID = ETS_UART1_INUM;
+    uint8_t TX_IO = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_HCI_UART_TX_PIN, RX_IO = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_HCI_UART_RX_PIN, ISR_ID = ETS_UART1_INUM;
     ets_printf("set nimble port tx:%d, rx:%d.\n", TX_IO, RX_IO);
     ets_printf("set baud:%d.\n", baud);
     intr_handler_set(ISR_ID, (intr_handler_t)&uart_tout_isr, NULL);
diff --git a/porting/nimble/src/nimble_port.c b/porting/nimble/src/nimble_port.c
index f09bf5926..964b4cb3b 100644
--- a/porting/nimble/src/nimble_port.c
+++ b/porting/nimble/src/nimble_port.c
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include "os/os.h"
 #include "sysinit/sysinit.h"
+
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
 #include "host/ble_hs.h"
+#endif //CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
+
 #include "nimble/nimble_port.h"
 #include "nimble/nimble_port_freertos.h"
 #ifdef ESP_PLATFORM
@@ -46,13 +50,16 @@
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 #include "esp_bt.h"
 
-extern void ble_hs_deinit(void);
 #define NIMBLE_PORT_LOG_TAG          "BLE_INIT"
 
 extern void os_msys_init(void);
- 
-static struct ble_npl_eventq g_eventq_dflt;
+
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED 
+extern void ble_hs_deinit(void);
 static struct ble_hs_stop_listener stop_listener;
+#endif //CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
+
+static struct ble_npl_eventq g_eventq_dflt;
 static struct ble_npl_sem ble_hs_stop_sem;
 static struct ble_npl_event ble_hs_ev_stop;
 
@@ -68,8 +75,10 @@ nimble_port_init(void)
         ESP_LOGE(NIMBLE_PORT_LOG_TAG, "controller init failed\n");
         return;
     }
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
      /* Initialize the host */
      ble_hs_init();
+#endif
  
 #else //SOC_ESP_NIMBLE_CONTROLLER
 
@@ -102,7 +111,10 @@ void
 nimble_port_deinit(void)
 {
 #if SOC_ESP_NIMBLE_CONTROLLER
+
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
    ble_hs_deinit();
+#endif //CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
 
    esp_bt_controller_deinit();
 
@@ -134,9 +146,10 @@ nimble_port_stop_cb(struct ble_npl_event *ev)
 int
 nimble_port_stop(void)
 {
-    int rc;
+    int rc = 0;
 
     ble_npl_sem_init(&ble_hs_stop_sem, 0);
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
     /* Initiate a host stop procedure. */
     rc = ble_hs_stop(&stop_listener, ble_hs_stop_cb,
             NULL);
@@ -144,6 +157,7 @@ nimble_port_stop(void)
         ble_npl_sem_deinit(&ble_hs_stop_sem);
         return rc;
     }
+#endif //CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
 
     /* Wait till the host stop procedure is complete */
     ble_npl_sem_pend(&ble_hs_stop_sem, BLE_NPL_TIME_FOREVER);
diff --git a/porting/npl/freertos/src/nimble_port_freertos.c b/porting/npl/freertos/src/nimble_port_freertos.c
index aa33ed475..231d5de73 100644
--- a/porting/npl/freertos/src/nimble_port_freertos.c
+++ b/porting/npl/freertos/src/nimble_port_freertos.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ nimble_port_freertos_init(TaskFunction_t host_task_fn)
      */
     esp_bt_controller_enable(ESP_BT_MODE_BLE);
 #endif
+#if CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
     /*
      * Create task where NimBLE host will run. It is not strictly necessary to
      * have separate task for NimBLE host, but since something needs to handle
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ nimble_port_freertos_init(TaskFunction_t host_task_fn)
      */
     xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(host_task_fn, "ble", NIMBLE_HS_STACK_SIZE,
                 NULL, (configMAX_PRIORITIES - 4), &host_task_h, NIMBLE_CORE);
+#endif //CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
 }
 
 void