diff --git a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
index f9984e1425..29529a607f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 #include "ota_esphome.h"
 #ifdef USE_OTA
 #ifdef USE_OTA_PASSWORD
-#ifdef USE_OTA_MD5
-#include "esphome/components/md5/md5.h"
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_OTA_SHA256
 #include "esphome/components/sha256/sha256.h"
 #endif
-#endif
 #include "esphome/components/network/util.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_esp8266.h"
@@ -31,15 +26,6 @@ static constexpr size_t OTA_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;                  // buffer size
 static constexpr uint32_t OTA_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_HANDSHAKE = 20000;  // milliseconds for initial handshake
 static constexpr uint32_t OTA_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_DATA = 90000;       // milliseconds for data transfer
 
-#ifdef USE_OTA_PASSWORD
-#ifdef USE_OTA_MD5
-static constexpr size_t MD5_HEX_SIZE = 32;  // MD5 hash as hex string (16 bytes * 2)
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_OTA_SHA256
-static constexpr size_t SHA256_HEX_SIZE = 64;  // SHA256 hash as hex string (32 bytes * 2)
-#endif
-#endif  // USE_OTA_PASSWORD
-
 void ESPHomeOTAComponent::setup() {
   this->server_ = socket::socket_ip_loop_monitored(SOCK_STREAM, 0);  // monitored for incoming connections
   if (this->server_ == nullptr) {