From 4094dc5552eac3b98f8ce203b4de62d12d7da9c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:22:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [infrared] Inline the trivial make_call helper

---
 esphome/components/infrared/infrared.cpp | 2 --
 esphome/components/infrared/infrared.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.cpp b/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.cpp
index 9b97995a96..5a909738c6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ void Infrared::dump_config() {
                 YESNO(this->traits_.get_supports_receiver()));
 }
 
-InfraredCall Infrared::make_call() { return InfraredCall(this); }
-
 void Infrared::control(const InfraredCall &call) {
   if (this->transmitter_ == nullptr) {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No transmitter configured");
diff --git a/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.h b/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.h
index 6d91c97cce..b6863e37ce 100644
--- a/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.h
+++ b/esphome/components/infrared/infrared.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Infrared : public Component, public EntityBase, public remote_base::Remote
   const InfraredTraits &get_traits() const { return this->traits_; }
 
   /// Create a call object for transmitting
-  InfraredCall make_call();
+  InfraredCall make_call() { return InfraredCall(this); }
 
   /// Get capability flags for this infrared instance
   uint32_t get_capability_flags() const;