diff --git a/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.c b/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.c
index 4a439e8dd2..d8a222ecfe 100644
--- a/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.c
+++ b/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.c
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ void common_hal_bleio_gc_collect(void) {
 }
 
 
-void bleio_background(void) {
+void bleio_hci_background(void) {
     bleio_adapter_background(&common_hal_bleio_adapter_obj);
 }
diff --git a/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.h b/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.h
index 18bf71834f..f9caf7c5b5 100644
--- a/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.h
+++ b/devices/ble_hci/common-hal/_bleio/__init__.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "att.h"
 #include "hci.h"
 
-void bleio_background(void);
+void bleio_hci_background(void);
 void bleio_reset(void);
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/ports/stm/boards/espruino_pico/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/stm/boards/espruino_pico/mpconfigboard.mk
index a078b4841a..6e4da86dd7 100644
--- a/ports/stm/boards/espruino_pico/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/stm/boards/espruino_pico/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ LD_FILE = boards/STM32F401xd_fs.ld
 CIRCUITPY_AESIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOCORE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOPWMIO = 0
+CIRCUITPY_BLEIO_HCI = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BUSDEVICE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPTOOLS = 0
 CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO = 0
diff --git a/ports/stm/boards/pyb_nano_v2/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/stm/boards/pyb_nano_v2/mpconfigboard.mk
index 29bfd62620..3ba45e0c5b 100644
--- a/ports/stm/boards/pyb_nano_v2/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/stm/boards/pyb_nano_v2/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LD_FILE = boards/STM32F411_fs.ld
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOCORE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOPWMIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPTOOLS = 0
+CIRCUITPY_BLEIO_HCI = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BUSDEVICE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_GIFIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD = 0
diff --git a/ports/stm/boards/stm32f411ve_discovery/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/stm/boards/stm32f411ve_discovery/mpconfigboard.mk
index 61e372b2c3..0929841ea5 100644
--- a/ports/stm/boards/stm32f411ve_discovery/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/stm/boards/stm32f411ve_discovery/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ LD_FILE = boards/STM32F411_fs.ld
 # Too big for the flash
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOCORE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOPWMIO = 0
-CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD = 0
-CIRCUITPY_MIDI = 0
-CIRCUITPY_MSGPACK = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPTOOLS = 0
+CIRCUITPY_BLEIO_HCI = 0
+CIRCUITPY_MSGPACK = 0
 CIRCUITPY_VECTORIO = 0
diff --git a/supervisor/shared/tick.c b/supervisor/shared/tick.c
index 40c1ef11e3..94b9d4d15e 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/tick.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/tick.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 #include "supervisor/shared/autoreload.h"
 #include "supervisor/shared/stack.h"
 
+#if CIRCUITPY_BLEIO_HCI
+#include "common-hal/_bleio/__init__.h"
+#endif
+
 #if CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO
 #include "shared-module/displayio/__init__.h"
 #endif
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ static void supervisor_background_tasks(void *unused) {
 
     assert_heap_ok();
 
+    #if CIRCUITPY_BLEIO_HCI
+    bleio_hci_background();
+    #endif
+
     #if CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO
     displayio_background();
     #endif