diff --git a/components/esp_libc/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_libc/CMakeLists.txt
index 83fe92efe3d..2d11737adae 100644
--- a/components/esp_libc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_libc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ else()
     list(APPEND srcs
          "src/picolibc/picolibc_init.c"
          "src/picolibc/rand.c"
-         "src/picolibc/errno.c"
-         "src/picolibc/bufio_setvbuf.c") # TODO IDF-15494: remove this and the following lines
-         list(APPEND EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--wrap=__bufio_setvbuf")
+         "src/picolibc/errno.c")
     if(CONFIG_LIBC_PICOLIBC_NEWLIB_COMPATIBILITY)
         list(APPEND srcs "src/picolibc/getreent.c")
         list(APPEND srcs "src/picolibc/fopencookie.c")
diff --git a/components/esp_libc/src/picolibc/bufio_setvbuf.c b/components/esp_libc/src/picolibc/bufio_setvbuf.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a925631338..00000000000
--- a/components/esp_libc/src/picolibc/bufio_setvbuf.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-#include <stdio-bufio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-int __real___bufio_setvbuf(FILE *f, char *buf, int mode, size_t size);
-int __wrap___bufio_setvbuf(FILE *f, char *buf, int mode, size_t size)
-{
-    // File lock is already acquired by the caller
-    int ret = -1;
-    bool workaround = false;
-    if (mode == _IONBF) {
-        workaround = true;
-        mode = _IOFBF;
-        size = 1;
-        buf = malloc(size);
-        if (buf == NULL) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-    }
-    ret = __real___bufio_setvbuf(f, buf, mode, size);
-    if (workaround) {
-        struct __file_bufio *bf = (struct __file_bufio *)f;
-
-        // Free buf if not applied
-        if (ret != 0 || bf->buf != buf) {
-            free(buf);
-            goto exit;
-        }
-        bf->bflags |= __BALL;
-    }
-
-exit:
-    return ret;
-}