diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index c61daf539a..9aac7bd7d1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1329,7 +1329,8 @@ void APIConnection::on_voice_assistant_announce_request(const VoiceAssistantAnno
   }
 }
 
-bool APIConnection::send_voice_assistant_get_configuration_response_(const VoiceAssistantConfigurationRequest &msg) {
+bool APIConnection::send_voice_assistant_get_configuration_response_(
+    const VoiceAssistantConfigurationRequest & /*msg*/) {
   VoiceAssistantConfigurationResponse resp;
   if (!this->check_voice_assistant_api_connection_()) {
     // send_message encodes synchronously, so this stack local outlives the encode
@@ -1349,22 +1350,6 @@ bool APIConnection::send_voice_assistant_get_configuration_response_(const Voice
     }
   }
 
-  // Filter external wake words
-  for (auto &wake_word : msg.external_wake_words) {
-    if (wake_word.model_type != "micro") {
-      // microWakeWord only
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    resp.available_wake_words.emplace_back();
-    auto &resp_wake_word = resp.available_wake_words.back();
-    resp_wake_word.id = StringRef(wake_word.id);
-    resp_wake_word.wake_word = StringRef(wake_word.wake_word);
-    for (const auto &lang : wake_word.trained_languages) {
-      resp_wake_word.trained_languages.push_back(lang);
-    }
-  }
-
   resp.active_wake_words = &config.active_wake_words;
   resp.max_active_wake_words = config.max_active_wake_words;
   return this->send_message(resp);