From cd1b47667bb05f6850648b013754f1c16bbc0b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 23:02:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] preen

---
 esphome/core/helpers.h | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 51115105ac..3b38af0dd8 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 
 #include "esphome/core/optional.h"
 
-namespace esphome {
-class StringRef;
-}
-
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
 #include <Esp.h>
 #endif
@@ -49,6 +45,9 @@ class StringRef;
 
 namespace esphome {
 
+// Forward declaration to avoid circular dependency with string_ref.h
+class StringRef;
+
 /// @name STL backports
 ///@{