diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader.bin b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader.bin
index cc2a7be951..3a61ab09a8 100644
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diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors.bin b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors.bin
index 3c8557fbe6..e940caac15 100644
Binary files a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors.bin and b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors.bin differ
diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors_info.bin b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors_info.bin
index daff33c59c..78e7b425f6 100644
Binary files a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors_info.bin and b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_colors_info.bin differ
diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_info.bin b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_info.bin
index 7a7d3d7f4f..28ec8805d2 100644
Binary files a/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_info.bin and b/cpu/esp8266/bin/bootloader_info.bin differ
diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/include/esp_common_log.h b/cpu/esp8266/include/esp_common_log.h
index a61e5349de..ce40f8876b 100644
--- a/cpu/esp8266/include/esp_common_log.h
+++ b/cpu/esp8266/include/esp_common_log.h
@@ -121,26 +121,14 @@ extern int ets_printf(const char *fmt, ...);
 #define ESP_EARLY_LOGE(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_ERROR  , E, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_EARLY_LOGW(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_WARNING, W, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_EARLY_LOGI(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_INFO   , I, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define ESP_EARLY_LOGD(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_DEBUG, D, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define ESP_EARLY_LOGV(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_ALL  , V, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_LOGE(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG(LOG_ERROR  , E, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_LOGW(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG(LOG_WARNING, W, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_LOGI(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG(LOG_INFO   , I, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
-#if ENABLE_DEBUG
-
-#define ESP_EARLY_LOGD(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_DEBUG, D, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define ESP_EARLY_LOGV(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG_EARLY(LOG_ALL  , V, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_LOGD(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG(LOG_DEBUG, D, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ESP_LOGV(tag, format, ...) LOG_TAG(LOG_ALL  , V, tag, format "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#else /* ENABLE_DEBUG */
-
-#define ESP_EARLY_LOGD( tag, format, ... ) (void)tag
-#define ESP_EARLY_LOGV( tag, format, ... ) (void)tag
-#define ESP_LOGD( tag, format, ... ) (void)tag
-#define ESP_LOGV( tag, format, ... ) (void)tag
-
-#endif /* ENABLE_DEBUG */
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source/system_api.c b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source/system_api.c
index d5d754d2a0..c7c17e2e4b 100644
--- a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source/system_api.c
+++ b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/esp8266/source/system_api.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_base_mac_addr_get(uint8_t *mac)
     uint8_t null_mac[6] = {0};
 
     if (memcmp(base_mac_addr, null_mac, 6) == 0) {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE");
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE");
         return ESP_ERR_INVALID_MAC;
     }