diff --git a/docs/reference/getting_started.rst b/docs/reference/getting_started.rst
index ee68f6386..5b009f21e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/getting_started.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ You only need to do this once per family. Check out `complete list of dependenci
 Build Examples
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Examples support make and cmake build system, though some MCU family such as espressif/rp2040 only support cmake. First change directory to an example folder.
+Examples support make and cmake build system for most MCUs, however some MCU families such as espressif or rp2040 only support cmake. First change directory to an example folder.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
diff --git a/hw/bsp/rp2040/family.mk b/hw/bsp/rp2040/family.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 813683c54..000000000
--- a/hw/bsp/rp2040/family.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-JLINK_DEVICE = rp2040_m0_0
-PYOCD_TARGET = rp2040
-
-ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
-CMAKE_DEFSYM += -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
-endif
-
-$(BUILD):
-	cmake -S . -B $(BUILD) -DFAMILY=$(FAMILY) -DBOARD=$(BOARD) -DPICO_BUILD_DOCS=0 $(CMAKE_DEFSYM)
-
-all: $(BUILD)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD)
-
-flash: flash-pyocd
-flash-uf2:
-	@$(CP) $(BUILD)/$(PROJECT).uf2 /media/$(USER)/RPI-RP2
diff --git a/tools/build.py b/tools/build.py
index eaa383d73..f639fba81 100755
--- a/tools/build.py
+++ b/tools/build.py
@@ -154,16 +154,21 @@ def make_one_example(example, board, make_option):
 
 def make_board(board, toolchain):
     print(build_separator)
-    all_examples = get_examples(find_family(board))
+    family = find_family(board);
+    all_examples = get_examples(family)
     start_time = time.monotonic()
     ret = [0, 0, 0]
-    with Pool(processes=os.cpu_count()) as pool:
-        pool_args = list((map(lambda e, b=board, o=f"TOOLCHAIN={toolchain}": [e, b, o], all_examples)))
-        r = pool.starmap(make_one_example, pool_args)
-        # sum all element of same index (column sum)
-        ret = list(map(sum, list(zip(*r))))
-    example = 'all'
-    print_build_result(board, example, 0 if ret[1] == 0 else 1, time.monotonic() - start_time)
+    if family == 'espressif' or family == 'rp2040':
+        # espressif and rp2040 do not support make, use cmake instead
+        final_status = 2
+    else:
+        with Pool(processes=os.cpu_count()) as pool:
+            pool_args = list((map(lambda e, b=board, o=f"TOOLCHAIN={toolchain}": [e, b, o], all_examples)))
+            r = pool.starmap(make_one_example, pool_args)
+            # sum all element of same index (column sum)
+            ret = list(map(sum, list(zip(*r))))
+        final_status = 0 if ret[1] == 0 else 1
+    print_build_result(board, 'all', final_status, time.monotonic() - start_time)
     return ret