diff --git a/ports/stm32/mpbthciport.c b/ports/stm32/mpbthciport.c
index a1ab3258b6..89b04a5405 100644
--- a/ports/stm32/mpbthciport.c
+++ b/ports/stm32/mpbthciport.c
@@ -42,20 +42,12 @@ uint8_t mp_bluetooth_hci_cmd_buf[4 + 256];
 // Soft timer for scheduling a HCI poll.
 STATIC soft_timer_entry_t mp_bluetooth_hci_soft_timer;
 
-#if MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_USE_SYNC_EVENTS
-// Prevent double-enqueuing of the scheduled task.
-STATIC volatile bool events_task_is_scheduled;
-#endif
-
 // This is called by soft_timer and executes at IRQ_PRI_PENDSV.
 STATIC void mp_bluetooth_hci_soft_timer_callback(soft_timer_entry_t *self) {
     mp_bluetooth_hci_poll_now();
 }
 
 void mp_bluetooth_hci_init(void) {
-    #if MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_USE_SYNC_EVENTS
-    events_task_is_scheduled = false;
-    #endif
     soft_timer_static_init(
         &mp_bluetooth_hci_soft_timer,
         SOFT_TIMER_MODE_ONE_SHOT,
@@ -65,9 +57,6 @@ void mp_bluetooth_hci_init(void) {
 }
 
 STATIC void mp_bluetooth_hci_start_polling(void) {
-    #if MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_USE_SYNC_EVENTS
-    events_task_is_scheduled = false;
-    #endif
     mp_bluetooth_hci_poll_now();
 }
 
@@ -77,29 +66,21 @@ void mp_bluetooth_hci_poll_in_ms_default(uint32_t ms) {
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_USE_SYNC_EVENTS
 
+STATIC mp_sched_node_t mp_bluetooth_hci_sched_node;
+
 // For synchronous mode, we run all BLE stack code inside a scheduled task.
 // This task is scheduled periodically via a soft timer, or
 // immediately on HCI UART RXIDLE.
-
-STATIC mp_obj_t run_events_scheduled_task(mp_obj_t none_in) {
-    (void)none_in;
-    events_task_is_scheduled = false;
+STATIC void run_events_scheduled_task(mp_sched_node_t *node) {
     // This will process all buffered HCI UART data, and run any callouts or events.
+    (void)node;
     mp_bluetooth_hci_poll();
-    return mp_const_none;
 }
-STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(run_events_scheduled_task_obj, run_events_scheduled_task);
 
 // Called periodically (systick) or directly (e.g. UART RX IRQ) in order to
 // request that processing happens ASAP in the scheduler.
 void mp_bluetooth_hci_poll_now_default(void) {
-    if (!events_task_is_scheduled) {
-        events_task_is_scheduled = mp_sched_schedule(MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(&run_events_scheduled_task_obj), mp_const_none);
-        if (!events_task_is_scheduled) {
-            // The schedule queue is full, set callback to try again soon.
-            mp_bluetooth_hci_poll_in_ms(5);
-        }
-    }
+    mp_sched_schedule_node(&mp_bluetooth_hci_sched_node, run_events_scheduled_task);
 }
 
 #else // !MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_USE_SYNC_EVENTS
diff --git a/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h b/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
index a52b2cc505..b1bf6da22a 100644
--- a/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL          (MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL_FLOAT)
 #endif
 #define MICROPY_USE_INTERNAL_ERRNO  (1)
+#define MICROPY_SCHEDULER_STATIC_NODES (1)
 #define MICROPY_SCHEDULER_DEPTH     (8)
 #define MICROPY_VFS                 (1)