diff --git a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
index e250e5dc99..4cc82b9094 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_OTA
 #include "esphome/components/md5/md5.h"
 #include "esphome/components/network/util.h"
-#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"  // For OTAComponent and callbacks
+#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_arduino_esp32.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_arduino_esp8266.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_arduino_libretiny.h"
diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
index 2e2ca47345..6bc88ae49a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "esphome/components/json/json_util.h"
 #include "esphome/components/network/util.h"
-#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace http_request {