diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 45fbe7c88e..e40318c34a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ static constexpr uint16_t PING_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000;
 static constexpr uint32_t KEEPALIVE_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT = (KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS * 5) / 2;
 
 static const char *const TAG = "api.connection";
+#ifdef USE_ESP32_CAMERA
 static const int ESP32_CAMERA_STOP_STREAM = 5000;
+#endif
 
 APIConnection::APIConnection(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> sock, APIServer *parent)
     : parent_(parent), initial_state_iterator_(this), list_entities_iterator_(this) {