diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32/rom/additional.ld
index ee815fb3970..d8afbed1267 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32/rom/additional.ld
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ PROVIDE ( strncpy = 0x400015d4 );
 PROVIDE ( strncmp = 0x4000c5f4 );
 
 PROVIDE ( bzero = 0x4000c1f4 );
+
+PROVIDE ( strcat = 0x4000c518 );
+PROVIDE ( strcmp = 0x40001274 );
+PROVIDE ( strchr = 0x4000c53c );
+PROVIDE ( strlcpy = 0x4000c584 );
+PROVIDE ( strstr = 0x4000c674 );
+PROVIDE ( strcasecmp = 0x400011cc );
+PROVIDE ( strdup = 0x4000143c );
+PROVIDE ( atoi = 0x400566c4 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c2/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c2/rom/additional.ld
index 15f88e99bdc..46ef79d8f36 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c2/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c2/rom/additional.ld
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ memcmp = 0x40000494;
 strcpy = 0x40000498;
 strncpy = 0x4000049c;
 strncmp = 0x400004a4;
+
+PROVIDE ( strcat = 0x4000050c );
+PROVIDE ( strcmp = 0x400004a0 );
+PROVIDE ( strchr = 0x40000514 );
+PROVIDE ( strlcpy = 0x40000524 );
+PROVIDE ( strstr = 0x400004ac );
+PROVIDE ( strcasecmp = 0x40000504 );
+PROVIDE ( strdup = 0x40000510 );
+PROVIDE ( atoi = 0x40000580 );
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c3/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c3/rom/additional.ld
index 70032e9e921..f45bec9b54e 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c3/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c3/rom/additional.ld
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ strcpy = 0x40000364;
 abs = 0x40000424;
 
 PROVIDE(cache_dbus_mmu_set = 0x40000564);
+
+PROVIDE( strcat = 0x400003d8 );
+PROVIDE( strcmp = 0x4000036c );
+PROVIDE( strchr = 0x400003e0 );
+PROVIDE( strlcpy = 0x400003f0 );
+PROVIDE( strstr = 0x40000378 );
+PROVIDE( strcasecmp = 0x400003d0 );
+PROVIDE( strdup = 0x400003dc );
+PROVIDE( atoi = 0x4000044c );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c6/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c6/rom/additional.ld
index 315c01f769a..a9c1801e3a8 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32c6/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32c6/rom/additional.ld
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ strncpy = 0x400004bc;
 strcpy = 0x400004b8;
 
 abs = 0x40000578;
+
+PROVIDE(strcat = 0x4000052c);
+PROVIDE(strcmp = 0x400004c0);
+PROVIDE(strchr = 0x40000534);
+PROVIDE(strlcpy = 0x40000544);
+PROVIDE(strstr = 0x400004cc);
+PROVIDE(strcasecmp = 0x40000524);
+PROVIDE(strdup = 0x40000530);
+PROVIDE(atoi = 0x400005a0);
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32h2/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32h2/rom/additional.ld
index ae1a956ca95..7c1c27ace8e 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32h2/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32h2/rom/additional.ld
@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ strncpy = 0x400004b4;
 strcpy = 0x400004b0;
 
 abs = 0x40000570;
+
+PROVIDE( strcat = 0x40000524 );
+PROVIDE( strcmp = 0x400004b8 );
+PROVIDE( strchr = 0x4000052c );
+PROVIDE( strlcpy = 0x4000053c );
+PROVIDE( strstr = 0x400004c4 );
+PROVIDE( strcasecmp = 0x4000051c );
+PROVIDE( strdup = 0x40000528 );
+PROVIDE( atoi = 0x40000598 );
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32s2/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32s2/rom/additional.ld
index 41f18abbe25..ea535add6f0 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32s2/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32s2/rom/additional.ld
@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ strncmp = 0x4001ae64;
 bzero = 0x400078c8;
 
 PROVIDE ( cache_dbus_mmu_set = 0x40018eb0 );
+
+PROVIDE ( strcat = 0x4001ad90 );
+PROVIDE ( strcmp = 0x40007be4 );
+PROVIDE ( strchr = 0x4001adb0 );
+PROVIDE ( strlcpy = 0x4001adf8 );
+PROVIDE ( strstr = 0x4001aee8 );
+PROVIDE ( strcasecmp = 0x40007b38 );
+PROVIDE ( strdup = 0x40007d84 );
diff --git a/esp-hal/ld/esp32s3/rom/additional.ld b/esp-hal/ld/esp32s3/rom/additional.ld
index 4d8c27b5974..4e926c8adde 100644
--- a/esp-hal/ld/esp32s3/rom/additional.ld
+++ b/esp-hal/ld/esp32s3/rom/additional.ld
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ bzero = 0x40001260;
 PROVIDE(cache_dbus_mmu_set = 0x400019b0);
 PROVIDE( Cache_Suspend_DCache_Autoload = 0x40001734 );
 PROVIDE( Cache_Suspend_DCache = 0x400018b4 );
+
+PROVIDE( strcat = 0x40001374 );
+PROVIDE( strcmp = 0x40001230 );
+PROVIDE( strchr = 0x4000138c );
+PROVIDE( strlcpy = 0x400013bc );
+PROVIDE( strstr = 0x40001254 );
+PROVIDE( strcasecmp = 0x4000135c );
+PROVIDE( strdup = 0x40001380 );
+PROVIDE( atoi = 0x400014d0 );
diff --git a/esp-wifi/CHANGELOG.md b/esp-wifi/CHANGELOG.md
index 24189dc5a6e..fcf7d07bb3b 100644
--- a/esp-wifi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/esp-wifi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed
 
+- Feature `have-strchr` is removed (#2462)
+
 ## 0.10.1 - 2024-10-10
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/esp-wifi/Cargo.toml b/esp-wifi/Cargo.toml
index 0b448583c2a..4ac482a6a88 100644
--- a/esp-wifi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/esp-wifi/Cargo.toml
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ log = ["dep:log", "esp-hal/log", "esp-wifi-sys/log"]
 ## Enable sniffer mode support
 sniffer = ["wifi"]
 
-# Don't include `strchr` - not shown in docs
-have-strchr = []
-
 # Implement serde Serialize / Deserialize
 serde = ["dep:serde", "enumset?/serde", "heapless/serde"]
 
diff --git a/esp-wifi/src/compat/misc.rs b/esp-wifi/src/compat/misc.rs
index 783fd5f5993..8e586cb2cdc 100644
--- a/esp-wifi/src/compat/misc.rs
+++ b/esp-wifi/src/compat/misc.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::compat::malloc::*;
+// these are not called but needed for linking
 
 #[no_mangle]
 unsafe extern "C" fn fwrite(ptr: *const (), size: usize, count: usize, stream: *const ()) -> usize {
@@ -20,141 +20,8 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn fclose(stream: *const ()) -> i32 {
     todo!("fclose {:?}", stream);
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strcat(destination: *mut u8, source: *const u8) -> *const u8 {
-    trace!("strcat {:?} {:?}", destination, source);
-
-    let dst: *mut u8 = strchr(destination.cast(), 0) as *mut u8;
-    let len = strchr(source.cast(), 0) as usize - source as usize;
-    core::ptr::copy(source, dst, len);
-    destination
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strcmp(str1: *const i8, str2: *const i8) -> i32 {
-    trace!("strcmp {:?} {:?}", str1, str2);
-
-    // TODO: unwrap!() when defmt supports it
-    let s1 = core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(str1).to_str().unwrap();
-    let s2 = core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(str2).to_str().unwrap();
-
-    let x = s1.cmp(s2);
-
-    match x {
-        core::cmp::Ordering::Less => -1,
-        core::cmp::Ordering::Equal => 0,
-        core::cmp::Ordering::Greater => 1,
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "have-strchr")]
-extern "C" {
-    fn strchr(str: *const i8, c: i32) -> *const i8;
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "have-strchr"))]
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strchr(str: *const i8, c: i32) -> *const i8 {
-    trace!("strchr {:?} {}", str, c);
-
-    unsafe {
-        let mut p = str;
-        loop {
-            if *p == c as i8 {
-                return p;
-            }
-
-            if *p == 0 {
-                return core::ptr::null();
-            }
-
-            p = p.add(1);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strlcpy(dst: *mut u8, src: *const u8, size: usize) -> usize {
-    trace!("strlcpy {:?} {:?} {}", dst, src, size);
-
-    let mut dst = dst;
-    let mut src = src;
-    let mut cnt = 0;
-    loop {
-        dst.write_volatile(0);
-
-        let c = src.read_volatile();
-
-        if c == 0 || cnt >= size {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        dst.write_volatile(c);
-        dst = dst.add(1);
-        src = src.add(1);
-        cnt += 1;
-    }
-
-    cnt
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strstr(str1: *const i8, str2: *const i8) -> *const i8 {
-    trace!("strstr {:?} {:?}", str1, str2);
-
-    let s1 = core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(str1).to_str().unwrap();
-    let s2 = core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(str2).to_str().unwrap();
-
-    let idx = s1.find(s2);
-
-    match idx {
-        Some(offset) => str1.add(offset),
-        None => core::ptr::null(),
-    }
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strcasecmp(str1: *const u8, str2: *const u8) -> i32 {
-    trace!("strcasecmp {:?} {:?}", str1, str2);
-
-    let mut str1 = str1;
-    let mut str2 = str2;
-
-    let mut c1 = *str1 as char;
-    let mut c2 = *str2 as char;
-
-    while c1 != '\0' && c2 != '\0' {
-        c1 = c1.to_ascii_lowercase();
-        c2 = c2.to_ascii_lowercase();
-
-        if c1 != c2 {
-            return c1 as i32 - c2 as i32;
-        }
-
-        str1 = str1.add(1);
-        str2 = str2.add(1);
-
-        c1 = *str1 as char;
-        c2 = *str2 as char;
-    }
-
-    c1 as i32 - c2 as i32
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-unsafe extern "C" fn strdup(str: *const i8) -> *const u8 {
-    trace!("strdup {:?}", str);
-
-    unsafe {
-        let s = core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(str);
-        let s = s.to_str().unwrap(); // TODO when defmt supports it
-
-        let p = malloc(s.len() + 1);
-        core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(str, p as *mut i8, s.len() + 1);
-        p as *const u8
-    }
-}
-
+// not available in ROM on ESP32-S2
+#[cfg(feature = "esp32s2")]
 #[no_mangle]
 unsafe extern "C" fn atoi(str: *const i8) -> i32 {
     trace!("atoi {:?}", str);