diff --git a/ports/esp32/mphalport.c b/ports/esp32/mphalport.c
index 7992c8dedf..804c719869 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/mphalport.c
+++ b/ports/esp32/mphalport.c
@@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ void mp_hal_delay_us(uint32_t us) {
     }
 }
 
-// this function could do with improvements (eg use ets_delay_us)
-void mp_hal_delay_us_fast(uint32_t us) {
-    uint32_t delay = ets_get_cpu_frequency() / 19;
-    while (--us) {
-        for (volatile uint32_t i = delay; i; --i) {
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /*
 extern int mp_stream_errno;
 int *__errno() {
diff --git a/ports/esp32/mphalport.h b/ports/esp32/mphalport.h
index b829627792..ff39b7aa1c 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/mphalport.h
+++ b/ports/esp32/mphalport.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ __attribute__((always_inline)) static inline uint32_t mp_hal_ticks_cpu(void) {
 }
 
 void mp_hal_delay_us(uint32_t);
-void mp_hal_delay_us_fast(uint32_t);
+#define mp_hal_delay_us_fast(us) ets_delay_us(us)
 void mp_hal_set_interrupt_char(int c);
 uint32_t mp_hal_get_cpu_freq(void);