diff --git a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
index 5800e0bd9e..900cb0ef03 100644
--- a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ _CALLBACK_AUTOMATIONS = (
 async def _build_binary_sensor_automations(var, config):
     await automation.build_callback_automations(var, config, _CALLBACK_AUTOMATIONS)
 
+    if CONF_ON_CLICK in config or CONF_ON_DOUBLE_CLICK in config:
+        cg.add_define("USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER")
+    if CONF_ON_MULTI_CLICK in config:
+        cg.add_define("USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER")
+
     for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_CLICK, []):
         trigger = cg.new_Pvariable(
             conf[CONF_TRIGGER_ID], var, conf[CONF_MIN_LENGTH], conf[CONF_MAX_LENGTH]
@@ -673,3 +678,19 @@ async def to_code(config):
 async def binary_sensor_invalidate_state_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     return cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
+
+
+def FILTER_SOURCE_FILES() -> list[str]:
+    """automation.cpp only implements the click/double_click/multi_click
+    triggers and filter.cpp is fully #ifdef'd on USE_BINARY_SENSOR_FILTER;
+    skip copying them when unused so they are not opened and parsed."""
+    defines = {define.name for define in CORE.defines}
+    files: list[str] = []
+    if not defines & {
+        "USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER",
+        "USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER",
+    }:
+        files.append("automation.cpp")
+    if "USE_BINARY_SENSOR_FILTER" not in defines:
+        files.append("filter.cpp")
+    return files
diff --git a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/automation.cpp b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/automation.cpp
index b13e4a88dd..1a3c1f7536 100644
--- a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/automation.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/automation.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#if defined(USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER) || defined(USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER)
+
 #include "automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
 namespace esphome::binary_sensor {
 
+#ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER
+
 static const char *const TAG = "binary_sensor.automation";
 
 // MultiClickTrigger timeout IDs.
@@ -120,6 +125,9 @@ void MultiClickTriggerBase::trigger_() {
   this->trigger();
 }
 
+#endif  // USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER
+
+#ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER
 bool match_interval(uint32_t min_length, uint32_t max_length, uint32_t length) {
   if (max_length == 0) {
     return length >= min_length;
@@ -127,4 +135,8 @@ bool match_interval(uint32_t min_length, uint32_t max_length, uint32_t length) {
     return length >= min_length && length <= max_length;
   }
 }
+#endif  // USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER
+
 }  // namespace esphome::binary_sensor
+
+#endif  // USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER || USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
index d6ed6d9399..3474a3a64d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
@@ -3450,3 +3450,12 @@ def process_stacktrace(config, line, backtrace_state):
             _decode_pc(config, addr.group())
 
     return backtrace_state
+
+
+def FILTER_SOURCE_FILES() -> list[str]:
+    """gpio.cpp only implements ESP32InternalGPIOPin (and its ISR helpers),
+    which is instantiated solely by the pin schema codegen; skip copying it
+    when the config uses no internal GPIO pins."""
+    if not any(define.name == "USE_ESP32_INTERNAL_GPIO" for define in CORE.defines):
+        return ["gpio.cpp"]
+    return []
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
index 4b53d3a172..73e23cba7f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ESP32_INTERNAL_GPIO)
 
 #include "gpio.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
@@ -204,4 +205,4 @@ void IRAM_ATTR ISRInternalGPIOPin::pin_mode(gpio::Flags flags) {
 
 }  // namespace esphome
 
-#endif  // USE_ESP32
+#endif  // USE_ESP32 && USE_ESP32_INTERNAL_GPIO
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.py b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.py
index 321dd3d498..98aac209ec 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ ESP32_PIN_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 
 @pins.PIN_SCHEMA_REGISTRY.register(PLATFORM_ESP32, ESP32_PIN_SCHEMA)
 async def esp32_pin_to_code(config):
+    cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_INTERNAL_GPIO")
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     num = config[CONF_NUMBER]
     cg.add(var.set_pin(getattr(gpio_num_t, f"GPIO_NUM_{num}")))
diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
index 6ad76046a1..dfa56a0612 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
@@ -1303,3 +1303,11 @@ def _lstsq(a, b):
 @coroutine_with_priority(CoroPriority.CORE)
 async def to_code(config):
     cg.add_global(sensor_ns.using)
+
+
+def FILTER_SOURCE_FILES() -> list[str]:
+    """filter.cpp is fully #ifdef'd on USE_SENSOR_FILTER; skip copying it
+    when no sensor uses filters so it is not opened and parsed."""
+    if not any(define.name == "USE_SENSOR_FILTER" for define in CORE.defines):
+        return ["filter.cpp"]
+    return []
diff --git a/esphome/components/text_sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/text_sensor/__init__.py
index a3f4999a8f..8fbef640d2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/text_sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/text_sensor/__init__.py
@@ -256,3 +256,11 @@ async def text_sensor_state_to_code(config, condition_id, template_arg, args):
     templ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_STATE], args, cg.std_string)
     cg.add(var.set_state(templ))
     return var
+
+
+def FILTER_SOURCE_FILES() -> list[str]:
+    """filter.cpp is fully #ifdef'd on USE_TEXT_SENSOR_FILTER; skip copying it
+    when no text sensor uses filters so it is not opened and parsed."""
+    if not any(define.name == "USE_TEXT_SENSOR_FILTER" for define in CORE.defines):
+        return ["filter.cpp"]
+    return []
diff --git a/esphome/core/defines.h b/esphome/core/defines.h
index bb4960aec7..20aca3776f 100644
--- a/esphome/core/defines.h
+++ b/esphome/core/defines.h
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 #define USE_ALARM_CONTROL_PANEL
 #define USE_AREAS
 #define USE_BINARY_SENSOR
+#define USE_BINARY_SENSOR_CLICK_TRIGGER
 #define USE_BINARY_SENSOR_FILTER
+#define USE_BINARY_SENSOR_MULTI_CLICK_TRIGGER
 #define USE_BLE_DEVICE_IRK
 #define USE_BUTTON
 #define USE_CAMERA
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@
 // ESP32-specific feature flags
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 #define USE_ESP32_CRASH_HANDLER
+#define USE_ESP32_INTERNAL_GPIO
 #define USE_MQTT_IDF_ENQUEUE
 #define USE_ESPHOME_TASK_LOG_BUFFER
 #define ESPHOME_TASK_LOG_BUFFER_SIZE 768