diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_buffer.h b/esphome/components/api/api_buffer.h
index 8feaad51834..00801e3ee58 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_buffer.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_buffer.h
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 namespace esphome::api {
 
 /// Helper to use make_unique_for_overwrite where available (skips zero-fill),
-/// falling back to make_unique on older GCC (ESP8266, BK72xx, LN882x).
+/// falling back to make_unique on older GCC (ESP8266, LibreTiny).
 inline std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> make_buffer(size_t n) {
-#if defined(USE_ESP8266) || defined(USE_BK72XX) || defined(USE_LN882X)
+#if defined(USE_ESP8266) || defined(USE_LIBRETINY)
   return std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(n);
 #else
   return std::make_unique_for_overwrite<uint8_t[]>(n);