diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_service.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_service.h
index c3f4a101b0..b2be314aaf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_service.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_service.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class APIServerConnectionBase : public ProtoService {
  public:
 #endif
 
- public:
   template<typename T> bool send_message(const T &msg) {
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
     this->log_send_message_(T::message_name(), msg.dump());
diff --git a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
index 4d2c580ab1..bd1be66649 100755
--- a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
+++ b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
@@ -1352,8 +1352,6 @@ def main() -> None:
     hpp += " public:\n"
     hpp += "#endif\n\n"
 
-    hpp += " public:\n"
-
     # Add generic send_message method
     hpp += "  template<typename T>\n"
     hpp += "  bool send_message(const T &msg) {\n"