diff --git a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
index bc25365..10a6741 100644
--- a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 #include "services/gatt/ble_svc_gatt.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_ARDUINO_DEPENDS
-#include "esp32-hal-bt.h"
+extern "C" bool btInUse();
+bool btInUse(){ return true; }
 #endif
 
 #include "NimBLELog.h"
@@ -739,12 +740,6 @@ NimBLEAddress NimBLEDevice::getWhiteListAddress(size_t index) {
     if(!initialized){
         int rc=0;
         esp_err_t errRc = ESP_OK;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_ARDUINO_DEPENDS
-        // make sure the linker includes esp32-hal-bt.c so ardruino init doesn't release BLE memory.
-        btStarted();
-#endif
-
         errRc = nvs_flash_init();
 
         if (errRc == ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES || errRc == ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND) {