diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 5eb9d64dad..5128998716 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1838,10 +1838,9 @@ void APIConnection::process_batch_() {
 
   // Handle remaining items more efficiently
   if (items_processed < this->deferred_batch_.items.size()) {
-    // Move unprocessed items to the beginning using std::move
-    std::move(this->deferred_batch_.items.begin() + items_processed, this->deferred_batch_.items.end(),
-              this->deferred_batch_.items.begin());
-    this->deferred_batch_.items.resize(this->deferred_batch_.items.size() - items_processed);
+    // Remove processed items from the beginning
+    this->deferred_batch_.items.erase(this->deferred_batch_.items.begin(),
+                                      this->deferred_batch_.items.begin() + items_processed);
 
     // Reschedule for remaining items
     this->schedule_batch_();
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index a6da2fbeeb..447983a888 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -487,9 +487,6 @@ class APIConnection : public APIServerConnection {
       uint32_t timestamp;      // When this update was queued
       uint16_t message_type;   // Message type for overhead calculation
 
-      // Default constructor
-      BatchItem() : entity(nullptr), timestamp(0), message_type(0) {}
-
       // Constructor for creating BatchItem
       BatchItem(EntityBase *entity,
                 std::function<EncodedMessage(EntityBase *, APIConnection *, uint32_t, bool)> creator,