diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.cpp
index c86107cef0b..0b2b1d52dbe 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.cpp
@@ -152,10 +152,7 @@ void OutgoingConnectionManager::loop(APIServer *server) {
 
 void OutgoingConnectionManager::try_dial_(APIServer *server, uint32_t now) {
   if (!network::is_connected()) {
-    // Flips within seconds of boot; recheck fast so a deep sleep wake
-    // window is not spent waiting
-    this->schedule_wait_(now, NETWORK_RETRY_MS);
-    return;
+    return;  // still WAITING with the wait elapsed, so the next loop rechecks
   }
   struct sockaddr_storage addr;
   socklen_t addr_len = this->target_sockaddr_(&addr);
@@ -197,7 +194,6 @@ void OutgoingConnectionManager::try_dial_(APIServer *server, uint32_t now) {
   }
   this->state_ = DialState::DIAL_STATE_CONNECTING;
   this->state_ts_ = now;
-  this->last_poll_ = now;
 }
 
 void OutgoingConnectionManager::poll_connect_(APIServer *server, uint32_t now) {
@@ -206,10 +202,6 @@ void OutgoingConnectionManager::poll_connect_(APIServer *server, uint32_t now) {
     this->schedule_retry_(now);
     return;
   }
-  if (now - this->last_poll_ < CONNECT_POLL_INTERVAL_MS) {
-    return;
-  }
-  this->last_poll_ = now;
   int err = 0;
   switch (socket::poll_connect(*this->dial_socket_, err)) {
     case socket::ConnectPollResult::CONNECT_POLL_RESULT_PENDING:
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.h
index fff11522d79..fa222e29ccf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_outgoing_connection.h
@@ -61,18 +61,13 @@ class OutgoingConnectionManager {
   static constexpr uint32_t CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000;
   static constexpr uint32_t PRECONDITION_RETRY_MS = 5000;
   // A deep sleep wake window is too short to spend on the delay, so those
-  // builds dial out as soon as the target is gone, recheck the network on
-  // every loop and notice the connect completing on the loop it does
+  // builds dial out as soon as the target is gone
 #ifdef USE_DEEP_SLEEP
   static constexpr uint32_t BOOT_WAIT_MS = 0;
   static constexpr uint32_t IDLE_WAIT_MS = BACKOFF_MIN_MS;
-  static constexpr uint32_t CONNECT_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 0;
-  static constexpr uint32_t NETWORK_RETRY_MS = 0;
 #else
   static constexpr uint32_t BOOT_WAIT_MS = API_OUTGOING_CONNECTION_DELAY;
   static constexpr uint32_t IDLE_WAIT_MS = API_OUTGOING_CONNECTION_DELAY;
-  static constexpr uint32_t CONNECT_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 250;
-  static constexpr uint32_t NETWORK_RETRY_MS = 500;
 #endif
 
   void try_dial_(APIServer *server, uint32_t now);
@@ -107,7 +102,6 @@ class OutgoingConnectionManager {
   uint32_t backoff_{BACKOFF_MIN_MS};
   uint32_t wait_{BOOT_WAIT_MS};
   uint32_t state_ts_{0};
-  uint32_t last_poll_{0};
 
   // Byte-aligned types last
 #ifndef API_OUTGOING_CONNECTION_HOST