diff --git a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
index 104efbca2d..251ab18e42 100644
--- a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
+++ b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ enum VoiceAssistantFeature : uint32_t {
   FEATURE_ANNOUNCE = 1 << 4,
   FEATURE_START_CONVERSATION = 1 << 5,
   FEATURE_MULTI_CHANNEL_AUDIO = 1 << 6,
-  FEATURE_EXTERNAL_WAKE_WORDS = 1 << 7,
 };
 
 enum class State {
@@ -200,11 +199,6 @@ class VoiceAssistant final : public Component {
     }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(USE_MICRO_WAKE_WORD) && defined(USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT_RUNTIME_MODEL)
-    // Indicate support for external wake word models that can be downloaded at runtime
-    flags |= VoiceAssistantFeature::FEATURE_EXTERNAL_WAKE_WORDS;
-#endif
-
     return flags;
   }