diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index 96f1d8dc6c..1ae46ef755 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -377,13 +377,6 @@ class ProtoService {
     // Send the buffer
     return this->send_buffer(buffer, message_type);
   }
-
-  // Batchable version for deferrable messages (state updates, entity info)
-  // This should be implemented by subclasses that support batching
-  template<class C> bool send_message_batchable_(const C &msg, uint16_t message_type) {
-    // Default implementation just sends immediately
-    return this->send_message_(msg, message_type);
-  }
 };
 
 }  // namespace api