diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6db6dd9ca..d5bdb0b2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added the ability to run beams from the CLI for Generic Unix platform (it was already possible with nodejs and emscripten).
 - Added support for 'erlang:--/2'.
 - Added support for list insertion in 'ets:insert/2'.
+- Added support for 'ets:delete/1'.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/libs/estdlib/src/ets.erl b/libs/estdlib/src/ets.erl
index 043c54cdc..9c8a4351f 100644
--- a/libs/estdlib/src/ets.erl
+++ b/libs/estdlib/src/ets.erl
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     insert/2,
     lookup/2,
     lookup_element/3,
+    delete/1,
     delete/2
 ]).
 
@@ -101,3 +102,12 @@ lookup_element(_Table, _Key, _Pos) ->
 -spec delete(Table :: table(), Key :: term()) -> true.
 delete(_Table, _Key) ->
     erlang:nif_error(undefined).
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @param   Table a reference to the ets table
+%% @returns true; otherwise, an error is raised if arguments are bad
+%% @doc Delete an ets table.
+%% @end
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec delete(Table :: table()) -> true.
+delete(_Table) ->
+    erlang:nif_error(undefined).
diff --git a/src/libAtomVM/ets.c b/src/libAtomVM/ets.c
index 836d46406..71b4a50c7 100644
--- a/src/libAtomVM/ets.c
+++ b/src/libAtomVM/ets.c
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ EtsErrorCode ets_drop_table(term name_or_ref, term *ret, Context *ctx)
         return EtsPermissionDenied;
     }
 
-    synclist_wrlock(&ctx->global->ets.ets_tables);
+    struct ListHead *_ets_tables_list = synclist_wrlock(&ctx->global->ets.ets_tables);
+    UNUSED(_ets_tables_list);
     SMP_UNLOCK(ets_table);
     list_remove(&ets_table->head);
     ets_table_destroy(ets_table, ctx->global);