diff --git a/cores/esp32/IPAddress.cpp b/cores/esp32/IPAddress.cpp
index b4fc4c3f7..74fabaf0f 100644
--- a/cores/esp32/IPAddress.cpp
+++ b/cores/esp32/IPAddress.cpp
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ size_t IPAddress::printTo(Print &p, bool includeZone) const {
         n += p.print(':');
       }
     }
-    // add a zone if zone-id is non-zero
-    if (_zone > 0 && includeZone) {
-      n += p.print('%');
-      char if_name[NETIF_NAMESIZE];
-      netif_index_to_name(_zone, if_name);
-      n += p.print(if_name);
-    }
+    // add a zone if zone-id is non-zero (causes exception on recent IDF builds)
+    // if (_zone > 0 && includeZone) {
+    //   n += p.print('%');
+    //   char if_name[NETIF_NAMESIZE];
+    //   netif_index_to_name(_zone, if_name);
+    //   n += p.print(if_name);
+    // }
     return n;
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/Network/src/NetworkInterface.cpp b/libraries/Network/src/NetworkInterface.cpp
index f4bb1d483..e699d609c 100644
--- a/libraries/Network/src/NetworkInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/Network/src/NetworkInterface.cpp
@@ -115,14 +115,10 @@ void NetworkInterface::_onIpEvent(int32_t event_id, void *event_data) {
       setStatusBits(ESP_NETIF_HAS_LOCAL_IP6_BIT);
     }
 #if ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL >= ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
-    char if_name[NETIF_NAMESIZE] = {
-      0,
-    };
-    netif_index_to_name(event->ip6_info.ip.zone, if_name);
     static const char *addr_types[] = {"UNKNOWN", "GLOBAL", "LINK_LOCAL", "SITE_LOCAL", "UNIQUE_LOCAL", "IPV4_MAPPED_IPV6"};
     log_v(
-      "IF %s Got IPv6: Interface: %d, IP Index: %d, Type: %s, Zone: %d (%s), Address: " IPV6STR, desc(), _interface_id, event->ip_index, addr_types[addr_type],
-      event->ip6_info.ip.zone, if_name, IPV62STR(event->ip6_info.ip)
+      "IF %s Got IPv6: Interface: %d, IP Index: %d, Type: %s, Zone: %d, Address: " IPV6STR, desc(), _interface_id, event->ip_index, addr_types[addr_type],
+      event->ip6_info.ip.zone, IPV62STR(event->ip6_info.ip)
     );
 #endif
     memcpy(&arduino_event.event_info.got_ip6, event_data, sizeof(ip_event_got_ip6_t));