diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
index 5fe82a61c8..a8d01cb9c1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components.ota import BASE_OTA_SCHEMA, OTAComponent, ota_to_code
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_ID
-from esphome.core import CORE, coroutine_with_priority
+from esphome.core import coroutine_with_priority
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["network", "web_server_base"]
@@ -27,9 +27,3 @@ async def to_code(config):
     await ota_to_code(var, config)
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     cg.add_define("USE_WEBSERVER_OTA")
-
-    # Add multipart parser dependency for ESP-IDF
-    if CORE.using_esp_idf:
-        from esphome.components.esp32 import add_idf_component
-
-        add_idf_component(name="zorxx/multipart-parser", ref="1.0.1")
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
index 506e1c5c13..20f495e908 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from esphome.components.esp32 import add_idf_sdkconfig_option
+from esphome.components.esp32 import add_idf_component, add_idf_sdkconfig_option
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.const import CONF_OTA
+from esphome.core import CORE
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@dentra"]
 
@@ -12,3 +14,12 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 async def to_code(config):
     # Increase the maximum supported size of headers section in HTTP request packet to be processed by the server
     add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_HTTPD_MAX_REQ_HDR_LEN", 1024)
+
+    # Check if web_server OTA platform is configured
+    ota_config = CORE.config.get(CONF_OTA, [])
+    has_web_server_ota = any(
+        platform.get("platform") == "web_server" for platform in ota_config
+    )
+    if has_web_server_ota:
+        # Add multipart parser dependency for web server OTA
+        add_idf_component(name="zorxx/multipart-parser", ref="1.0.1")