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());