diff --git a/esphome/codegen.py b/esphome/codegen.py
index 4ea41ad191..6d55c6023d 100644
--- a/esphome/codegen.py
+++ b/esphome/codegen.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from esphome.cpp_generator import (  # noqa: F401
     RawExpression,
     RawStatement,
     Statement,
-    StringRefLiteral,
     StructInitializer,
     TemplateArguments,
     add,
diff --git a/esphome/cpp_generator.py b/esphome/cpp_generator.py
index 89993d997c..1a47b346b7 100644
--- a/esphome/cpp_generator.py
+++ b/esphome/cpp_generator.py
@@ -243,23 +243,6 @@ class LogStringLiteral(Literal):
         return f"LOG_STR({cpp_string_escape(self.string)})"
 
 
-class StringRefLiteral(Literal):
-    """A StringRef literal using from_lit() for compile-time string references.
-
-    Uses StringRef::from_lit() which stores pointer + length (8 bytes) instead of
-    std::string (24-32 bytes + heap allocation). The string data stays in flash.
-    """
-
-    __slots__ = ("string",)
-
-    def __init__(self, string: str) -> None:
-        super().__init__()
-        self.string = string
-
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return f"StringRef::from_lit({cpp_string_escape(self.string)})"
-
-
 class IntLiteral(Literal):
     __slots__ = ("i",)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_cpp_generator.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_cpp_generator.py
index 428e7626a1..2c9f760c8e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_cpp_generator.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_cpp_generator.py
@@ -248,12 +248,6 @@ class TestLiterals:
             (cg.FloatLiteral(4.2), "4.2f"),
             (cg.FloatLiteral(1.23456789), "1.23456789f"),
             (cg.FloatLiteral(math.nan), "NAN"),
-            (cg.StringRefLiteral("foo"), 'StringRef::from_lit("foo")'),
-            (cg.StringRefLiteral(""), 'StringRef::from_lit("")'),
-            (
-                cg.StringRefLiteral('with "quotes"'),
-                'StringRef::from_lit("with \\042quotes\\042")',
-            ),
         ),
     )
     def test_str__simple(self, target: cg.Literal, expected: str):