diff --git a/esphome/components/display/display.cpp b/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
index 115adf503a..c2d45dbb60 100644
--- a/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
@@ -685,9 +685,6 @@ void Display::show_page(DisplayPage *page) {
   }
 }
 
-void Display::show_next_page() { this->page_->show_next(); }
-void Display::show_prev_page() { this->page_->show_prev(); }
-
 void Display::do_update_() {
   if (this->auto_clear_enabled_) {
     this->clear();
@@ -892,9 +889,6 @@ void DisplayPage::show_prev() {
   this->prev_->show();
 }
 
-void DisplayPage::set_parent(Display *parent) { this->parent_ = parent; }
-void DisplayPage::set_prev(DisplayPage *prev) { this->prev_ = prev; }
-void DisplayPage::set_next(DisplayPage *next) { this->next_ = next; }
 const display_writer_t &DisplayPage::get_writer() const { return this->writer_; }
 
 const LogString *text_align_to_string(TextAlign textalign) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/display/display.h b/esphome/components/display/display.h
index 3a136937f6..a9ffda422d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/display/display.h
+++ b/esphome/components/display/display.h
@@ -802,9 +802,9 @@ class DisplayPage final {
   void show();
   void show_next();
   void show_prev();
-  void set_parent(Display *parent);
-  void set_prev(DisplayPage *prev);
-  void set_next(DisplayPage *next);
+  void set_parent(Display *parent) { this->parent_ = parent; }
+  void set_prev(DisplayPage *prev) { this->prev_ = prev; }
+  void set_next(DisplayPage *next) { this->next_ = next; }
   const display_writer_t &get_writer() const;
 
  protected:
@@ -814,6 +814,9 @@ class DisplayPage final {
   DisplayPage *next_{nullptr};
 };
 
+inline void Display::show_next_page() { this->page_->show_next(); }
+inline void Display::show_prev_page() { this->page_->show_prev(); }
+
 template<typename... Ts> class DisplayPageShowAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
  public:
   TEMPLATABLE_VALUE(DisplayPage *, page)