From 05147002cd206c415c09642eaa7ca9e85a913a42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Troy <5659019+troyhacks@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:57:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] The rabbit said I was being too careful. Tested and works.

---
 wled00/wled.cpp | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wled00/wled.cpp b/wled00/wled.cpp
index 8c7e2722..0609ac13 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.cpp
+++ b/wled00/wled.cpp
@@ -468,12 +468,8 @@ void WLED::setup()
   #endif
 
   #if ARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT && (defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C6))
-  // Just to be very sure nothing else grabs serial...
-  portMUX_TYPE mux = portMUX_INITIALIZER_UNLOCKED;
-  portENTER_CRITICAL(&mux);
   Serial.begin(115200);     //  WLEDMM avoid "hung devices" when USB_CDC is enabled; see https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/9043
   Serial.setTxTimeoutMs(0); // potential side-effect: incomplete debug output, with missing characters whenever TX buffer is full.
-  portEXIT_CRITICAL(&mux);
   #else
   Serial.begin(115200);
   #endif