diff --git a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/CMakeLists.txt
index e99174d79a..20086720ac 100644
--- a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ add_compile_definitions(
 add_executable(firmware
         driver_rp2040_rmii.c
 	main.c
-	mongoose.c
+	../../../mongoose.c
         )
 
+target_include_directories(firmware PUBLIC
+  .
+  ../../..
+)
+
 # enable usb output, disable uart output
 pico_enable_stdio_usb(firmware 1)
 pico_enable_stdio_uart(firmware 0)
diff --git a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.c b/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.c
deleted file mode 120000
index 5e522bbcd4..0000000000
--- a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../mongoose.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.h b/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.h
deleted file mode 120000
index ee4ac82323..0000000000
--- a/examples/rp2040/pico-rmii/mongoose.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../mongoose.h
\ No newline at end of file