diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
index fc26a7fc21..8bbb21e3ca 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <esp32-hal-bt.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT
-#include <lwip/sockets.h>
-#endif
-
 namespace esphome::esp32_ble {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "esp32_ble";
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.h b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.h
index 3be6a7048d..c3e1ec2ce6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.h
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #include <esp_gattc_api.h>
 #include <esp_gatts_api.h>
 
-#ifdef USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT
-#include <lwip/sockets.h>
-#endif
-
 namespace esphome::esp32_ble {
 
 // Maximum size of the BLE event queue