diff --git a/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154_submac.h b/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154_submac.h
index 2a9472a779dc..1f4eb6afef8c 100644
--- a/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154_submac.h
+++ b/drivers/include/net/netdev/ieee802154_submac.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ typedef struct {
     ieee802154_submac_t submac;         /**< IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC descriptor */
     ztimer_t ack_timer;                 /**< ztimer descriptor for the ACK timeout timer */
     int isr_flags;                      /**< netdev submac @ref NETDEV_EVENT_ISR flags */
+    int bytes_tx;                       /**< size of the sent frame or tx error */
     int8_t retrans;                     /**< number of frame retransmissions of the last TX */
     bool dispatch;                      /**< whether an event should be dispatched or not */
     netdev_event_t ev;                  /**< event to be dispatched */
diff --git a/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/Makefile.dep b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/Makefile.dep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ded8dc45528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/Makefile.dep
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+USEMODULE += netdev_ieee802154
+USEMODULE += netdev_new_api
+USEMODULE += ieee802154
+USEMODULE += ieee802154_submac
+USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
diff --git a/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/netdev_ieee802154_submac.c b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/netdev_ieee802154_submac.c
index 2e675f108001..2fbbc64974d1 100644
--- a/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/netdev_ieee802154_submac.c
+++ b/drivers/netdev_ieee802154_submac/netdev_ieee802154_submac.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static int _send(netdev_t *netdev, const iolist_t *pkt)
          * inside the TX Done callback */
         netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_STARTED;
     }
+    netdev_submac->bytes_tx = res;
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -280,21 +281,14 @@ static void submac_tx_done(ieee802154_submac_t *submac, int status,
     }
 
     netdev_submac->dispatch = true;
+    netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_COMPLETE;
 
     switch (status) {
-    case TX_STATUS_SUCCESS:
-        netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_COMPLETE;
-        break;
-    case TX_STATUS_FRAME_PENDING:
-        netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_COMPLETE_DATA_PENDING;
-        break;
     case TX_STATUS_MEDIUM_BUSY:
-        netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_MEDIUM_BUSY;
+        netdev_submac->bytes_tx = -EBUSY;
         break;
     case TX_STATUS_NO_ACK:
-        netdev_submac->ev = NETDEV_EVENT_TX_NOACK;
-        break;
-    default:
+        netdev_submac->bytes_tx = -EHOSTUNREACH;
         break;
     }
 }
@@ -377,6 +371,16 @@ static int _init(netdev_t *netdev)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int _confirm_send(netdev_t *netdev, void *info)
+{
+    (void)info;
+    netdev_ieee802154_t *netdev_ieee802154 = container_of(netdev, netdev_ieee802154_t, netdev);
+    netdev_ieee802154_submac_t *netdev_submac = container_of(netdev_ieee802154,
+                                                             netdev_ieee802154_submac_t,
+                                                             dev);
+    return netdev_submac->bytes_tx;
+}
+
 int netdev_ieee802154_submac_init(netdev_ieee802154_submac_t *netdev_submac)
 {
     netdev_t *netdev = &netdev_submac->dev.netdev;
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ static const netdev_driver_t netdev_submac_driver = {
     .recv = _recv,
     .isr = _isr,
     .init = _init,
+    .confirm_send = _confirm_send,
 };
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/Makefile.dep b/sys/Makefile.dep
index 00afb08a25ee..5b0375c92a56 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.dep
+++ b/sys/Makefile.dep
@@ -150,14 +150,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter netdev_ieee802154,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += random
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter netdev_ieee802154_submac,$(USEMODULE)))
-  USEMODULE += netdev_ieee802154
-  USEMODULE += netdev_legacy_api
-  USEMODULE += ieee802154
-  USEMODULE += ieee802154_submac
-  USEMODULE += ztimer_usec
-endif
-
 ifneq (,$(filter uhcpc,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += posix_inet
   USEMODULE += ztimer_msec