diff --git a/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h b/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
index 13b5c49bbd..2fb6c2bf43 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
+++ b/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef uint32_t core_dump_crc_t;
 
 #if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32
-#include "mbedtls/sha256.h" /* mbedtls_sha256_context */
+#define MBEDTLS_ALLOW_PRIVATE_ACCESS
+#include "mbedtls/private/sha256.h"
 typedef mbedtls_sha256_context sha256_ctx_t;
 #else
 #include "hal/sha_types.h"  /* SHA_CTX */
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
index e77fd44745..fd41dfa7a7 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ static void core_dump_sha256_start(core_dump_sha_ctx_t *sha_ctx)
 
 static void core_dump_sha256_update(core_dump_sha_ctx_t *sha_ctx, const void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
-    // set software mode of SHA calculation
-#if CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA
-    sha_ctx->ctx.mode = ESP_MBEDTLS_SHA256_SOFTWARE;
-#endif
     mbedtls_sha256_update(&sha_ctx->ctx, data, data_len);
 }