diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/adc.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/adc.c
index e511fe54e6..8dd816de5d 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/adc.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/adc.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "adc_ctrl.h"
 #include "esp_common.h"
 #include "gpio_arch.h"
-#include "rom/ets_sys.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_io_struct.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_cntl_struct.h"
 #include "soc/sens_reg.h"
@@ -271,11 +270,11 @@ static void _adc_module_init(void)
 
 void adc_print_config(void)
 {
-    ets_printf("\tADC\t\tpins=[ ");
+    printf("\tADC\t\tpins=[ ");
 #if defined(ADC_GPIOS)
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < ADC_NUMOF; i++) {
-        ets_printf("%d ", adc_channels[i]);
+        printf("%d ", adc_channels[i]);
     }
 #endif /* defined(ADC_GPIOS) */
-    ets_printf("]\n");
+    printf("]\n");
 }
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/dac.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/dac.c
index bc569b3c31..c8d24a3dc7 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/dac.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/dac.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "adc_ctrl.h"
 #include "esp_common.h"
 #include "gpio_arch.h"
-#include "rom/ets_sys.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_io_struct.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_cntl_struct.h"
 #include "soc/sens_reg.h"
@@ -136,11 +135,11 @@ static bool _dac_conf_check(void)
 
 void dac_print_config(void)
 {
-    ets_printf("\tDAC\t\tpins=[ ");
+    printf("\tDAC\t\tpins=[ ");
 #if defined(DAC_GPIOS)
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < DAC_NUMOF; i++) {
-        ets_printf("%d ", dac_channels[i]);
+        printf("%d ", dac_channels[i]);
     }
 #endif /* defined(DAC_GPIOS) */
-    ets_printf("]\n");
+    printf("]\n");
 }
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_hw.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_hw.c
index 4a2f379278..0ae20be194 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_hw.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_hw.c
@@ -869,8 +869,8 @@ static void _i2c_reset_hw (i2c_t dev)
 void i2c_print_config(void)
 {
     for (unsigned dev = 0; dev < I2C_NUMOF; dev++) {
-        ets_printf("\tI2C_DEV(%d)\tscl=%d sda=%d\n",
-                   dev, i2c_config[dev].scl, i2c_config[dev].sda);
+        printf("\tI2C_DEV(%u)\tscl=%d sda=%d\n",
+               dev, i2c_config[dev].scl, i2c_config[dev].sda);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_sw.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_sw.c
index d8b8463cfa..568b004871 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_sw.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/i2c_sw.c
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ static /* IRAM */ int _i2c_read_byte(_i2c_bus_t* bus, uint8_t *byte, bool ack)
 void i2c_print_config(void)
 {
     for (unsigned dev = 0; dev < I2C_NUMOF; dev++) {
-        ets_printf("\tI2C_DEV(%d)\tscl=%d sda=%d\n",
-                   dev, i2c_config[dev].scl, i2c_config[dev].sda);
+        printf("\tI2C_DEV(%u)\tscl=%d sda=%d\n",
+               dev, i2c_config[dev].scl, i2c_config[dev].sda);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/pwm.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/pwm.c
index 3bbe6a4e60..1e78ad143d 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/pwm.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/pwm.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "gpio_arch.h"
 
 #include "driver/periph_ctrl.h"
-#include "rom/ets_sys.h"
 #include "soc/gpio_struct.h"
 #include "soc/gpio_sig_map.h"
 #include "soc/mcpwm_reg.h"
@@ -437,11 +436,11 @@ static bool _pwm_configuration(void)
 void pwm_print_config(void)
 {
     for (unsigned pwm = 0; pwm < PWM_NUMOF; pwm++) {
-        ets_printf("\tPWM_DEV(%d)\tchannels=[ ", pwm);
+        printf("\tPWM_DEV(%d)\tchannels=[ ", pwm);
         for (int i = 0; i < _pwm_hw[pwm].gpio_num; i++) {
-            ets_printf("%d ", _pwm_hw[pwm].gpios[i]);
+            printf("%d ", _pwm_hw[pwm].gpios[i]);
         }
-        ets_printf("]\n");
+        printf("]\n");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/spi.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/spi.c
index 2af333f6d1..b16a651f96 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/spi.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/spi.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void IRAM_ATTR spi_init (spi_t bus)
                     _spi[bus].signal_miso = VSPIQ_IN_IDX;
                     break;
         default:    LOG_TAG_ERROR("spi", "invalid SPI interface controller "
-                                         "used for SPI_DEV(%d)\n");
+                                         "used for SPI_DEV(%d)\n", bus);
                     break;
     }
     return;
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ static const char* _spi_names[] = { "CSPI", "FSPI", "HSPI", "VSPI"  };
 void spi_print_config(void)
 {
     for (unsigned bus = 0; bus < SPI_NUMOF; bus++) {
-        ets_printf("\tSPI_DEV(%d)\t%s ", bus, _spi_names[spi_config[bus].ctrl]);
-        ets_printf("sck=%d " , spi_config[bus].sck);
-        ets_printf("miso=%d ", spi_config[bus].miso);
-        ets_printf("mosi=%d ", spi_config[bus].mosi);
-        ets_printf("cs=%d\n" , spi_config[bus].cs);
+        printf("\tSPI_DEV(%u)\t%s ", bus, _spi_names[spi_config[bus].ctrl]);
+        printf("sck=%d " , spi_config[bus].sck);
+        printf("miso=%d ", spi_config[bus].miso);
+        printf("mosi=%d ", spi_config[bus].mosi);
+        printf("cs=%d\n" , spi_config[bus].cs);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/uart.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/uart.c
index 6e5d4d2522..d0b5fcb2e6 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/uart.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/uart.c
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ void uart_system_init (void)
 void uart_print_config(void)
 {
     for (unsigned uart = 0; uart < UART_NUMOF; uart++) {
-        ets_printf("\tUART_DEV(%d)\ttxd=%d rxd=%d\n", uart,
-                   uart_config[uart].txd, uart_config[uart].rxd);
+        printf("\tUART_DEV(%u)\ttxd=%d rxd=%d\n", uart,
+               uart_config[uart].txd, uart_config[uart].rxd);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/tools.c b/cpu/esp32/tools.c
index 513e3abd90..23f8878e79 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/tools.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/tools.c
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ void esp_hexdump (const void* addr, uint32_t num, char width, uint8_t per_line)
 
     while (count < num) {
         if (count % per_line == 0) {
-            ets_printf ("%08" PRIx32 ": ", (uint32_t)((uint8_t*)addr+count*size));
+            printf ("%08" PRIx32 ": ", (uint32_t)((uint8_t*)addr+count*size));
         }
         switch (width) {
-            case 'b': ets_printf("%02" PRIx8 " ", addr8[count++]); break;
-            case 'h': ets_printf("%04" PRIx16 " ", addr16[count++]); break;
-            case 'w': ets_printf("%08" PRIx32 " ", addr32[count++]); break;
-            case 'g': ets_printf("%016" PRIx64 " ", addr64[count++]); break;
-            default : ets_printf("."); count++; break;
+            case 'b': printf("%02" PRIx8 " ", addr8[count++]); break;
+            case 'h': printf("%04" PRIx16 " ", addr16[count++]); break;
+            case 'w': printf("%08" PRIx32 " ", addr32[count++]); break;
+            case 'g': printf("%016" PRIx64 " ", addr64[count++]); break;
+            default : printf("."); count++; break;
         }
         if (count % per_line == 0) {
-            ets_printf ("\n");
+            printf ("\n");
         }
     }
-    ets_printf ("\n");
+    printf ("\n");
 }
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/vendor/esp-idf/esp_funcs.c b/cpu/esp32/vendor/esp-idf/esp_funcs.c
index c2f83ef031..16c343f9c3 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/vendor/esp-idf/esp_funcs.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/vendor/esp-idf/esp_funcs.c
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ void spi_ram_init(void)
         _spi_ram_initialized = true;
     }
     else {
-        ets_printf("Failed to init external SPI RAM\n");
+        ESP_EARLY_LOGE("spi_ram", "Failed to init external SPI RAM\n");
         _spi_ram_initialized = false;
     }
     #else
-    ets_printf("External SPI RAM functions not enabled\n");
+    ESP_EARLY_LOGI("spi_ram", "External SPI RAM functions not enabled\n");
     #endif
 }
 
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ void spi_ram_heap_init(void)
     #if CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC
     esp_err_t r=esp_spiram_add_to_heapalloc();
     if (r != ESP_OK) {
-        ets_printf("External SPI RAM could not be added to heap!\n");
+        ESP_EARLY_LOGE("spi_ram", "External SPI RAM could not be added to heap!\n");
         abort();
     }
 
     #if CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_RESERVE_INTERNAL
     r=esp_spiram_reserve_dma_pool(CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_RESERVE_INTERNAL);
     if (r != ESP_OK) {
-        ets_printf("Could not reserve internal/DMA pool!\n");
+        ESP_EARLY_LOGE("spi_ram", "Could not reserve internal/DMA pool!\n");
         abort();
     }
     #endif /* CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_RESERVE_INTERNAL */
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void spi_ram_heap_init(void)
     #endif /* CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC */
 
     #else  /* CONFIG_SPIRAM_SUPPORT */
-    ets_printf("External SPI RAM functions not enabled\n");
+    ESP_EARLY_LOGI("spi_ram", "External SPI RAM functions not enabled\n");
     #endif /* CONFIG_SPIRAM_SUPPORT */
 }