diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
index c1de226fef..d87a1e6b9b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ int HttpContainerIDF::read(uint8_t *buf, size_t max_len) {
 
   // Check if we've already read all expected content
   if (this->bytes_read_ >= this->content_length) {
-    this->duration_ms += (millis() - start);
     return 0;  // All content read successfully
   }