diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index c8a722d3b2..c7ae65d532 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -29,38 +29,8 @@ namespace api {
 static const char *const TAG = "api.connection";
 static const int ESP32_CAMERA_STOP_STREAM = 5000;
 
-// helper for allowing only unique entries in the queue
-void DeferredMessageQueue::dmq_push_back_with_dedup_(void *source, send_message_t send_message) {
-  DeferredMessage item(source, send_message);
-
-  auto iter = std::find_if(this->deferred_queue_.begin(), this->deferred_queue_.end(),
-                           [&item](const DeferredMessage &test) -> bool { return test == item; });
-
-  if (iter != this->deferred_queue_.end()) {
-    (*iter) = item;
-  } else {
-    this->deferred_queue_.push_back(item);
-  }
-}
-
-void DeferredMessageQueue::process_queue() {
-  while (!deferred_queue_.empty()) {
-    DeferredMessage &de = deferred_queue_.front();
-    if ((this->api_connection_->*(de.send_message_))(de.source_)) {
-      // O(n) but memory efficiency is more important than speed here which is why std::vector was chosen
-      deferred_queue_.erase(deferred_queue_.begin());
-    } else {
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-void DeferredMessageQueue::defer(void *source, send_message_t send_message) {
-  this->dmq_push_back_with_dedup_(source, send_message);
-}
-
 APIConnection::APIConnection(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> sock, APIServer *parent)
-    : parent_(parent), deferred_message_queue_(this), initial_state_iterator_(this), list_entities_iterator_(this) {
+    : parent_(parent), initial_state_iterator_(this), list_entities_iterator_(this) {
   this->proto_write_buffer_.reserve(64);
 
 #if defined(USE_API_PLAINTEXT) && defined(USE_API_NOISE)
@@ -166,10 +136,6 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (!this->deferred_message_queue_.empty() && this->helper_->can_write_without_blocking()) {
-    this->deferred_message_queue_.process_queue();
-  }
-
   // Process deferred batch if scheduled
   if (this->deferred_batch_.batch_scheduled &&
       App.get_loop_component_start_time() - this->deferred_batch_.batch_start_time >= BATCH_DELAY_MS) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index a8c5102077..3e82a99761 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ class APIConnection : public APIServerConnection {
   bool service_call_subscription_{false};
   bool next_close_ = false;
   APIServer *parent_;
-  DeferredMessageQueue deferred_message_queue_;
   InitialStateIterator initial_state_iterator_;
   ListEntitiesIterator list_entities_iterator_;
   int state_subs_at_ = -1;