diff --git a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.cpp b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.cpp
index f8ceae06da..410695da04 100644
--- a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void RuntimeStatsCollector::log_stats_() {
     return;
   }
 
-  // Stack buffer sized to actual active count (up to 256 = 1KB), heap fallback for larger
+  // Stack buffer sized to actual active count (up to 256 components), heap fallback for larger
   SmallBufferWithHeapFallback<256, Component *> buffer(count);
   Component **sorted = buffer.get();
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
index 58a4fa4bc9..c7fea7474b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
+++ b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #ifdef USE_RUNTIME_STATS
 
 #include <map>
-#include <vector>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"