diff --git a/py/obj.c b/py/obj.c
index 4d363e8a69..dad27b8772 100644
--- a/py/obj.c
+++ b/py/obj.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "py/runtime.h"
 #include "py/stackctrl.h"
 #include "py/pfenv.h"
+#include "py/stream.h" // for mp_obj_print
 
 mp_obj_type_t *mp_obj_get_type(mp_const_obj_t o_in) {
     if (MP_OBJ_IS_SMALL_INT(o_in)) {
@@ -71,7 +72,14 @@ void mp_obj_print_helper(void (*print)(void *env, const char *fmt, ...), void *e
 }
 
 void mp_obj_print(mp_obj_t o_in, mp_print_kind_t kind) {
-    mp_obj_print_helper(printf_wrapper, NULL, o_in, kind);
+    // defined per port; type of these is irrelevant, just need pointer
+    extern mp_uint_t mp_sys_stdout_obj;
+
+    pfenv_t pfenv;
+    pfenv.data = &mp_sys_stdout_obj;
+    pfenv.print_strn = (void (*)(void *, const char *, mp_uint_t))mp_stream_write;
+
+    mp_obj_print_helper((void (*)(void *env, const char *fmt, ...))pfenv_printf, &pfenv, o_in, kind);
 }
 
 // helper function to print an exception with traceback