diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 84b578876c..7f8438af25 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ uint16_t APIConnection::try_send_event_info(EntityBase *entity, APIConnection *c
   ListEntitiesEventResponse msg;
   msg.set_device_class(event->get_device_class_ref());
   for (const char *event_type : event->get_event_types())
-    msg.event_types.push_back(event_type);
+    msg.event_types->push_back(event_type);
   return fill_and_encode_entity_info(event, msg, ListEntitiesEventResponse::MESSAGE_TYPE, conn, remaining_size,
                                      is_single);
 }
diff --git a/esphome/components/event/event.h b/esphome/components/event/event.h
index 74709dcac1..822785dece 100644
--- a/esphome/components/event/event.h
+++ b/esphome/components/event/event.h
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@ class Event : public EntityBase, public EntityBase_DeviceClass {
     this->types_ = event_types;
     this->last_event_type_ = nullptr;  // Reset when types change
   }
-  /// Set the event types supported by this event (from FixedVector).
-  void set_event_types(const FixedVector<const char *> &event_types) {
-    this->types_ = event_types;
-    this->last_event_type_ = nullptr;  // Reset when types change
-  }
-  /// Set the event types supported by this event (from C array).
-  template<size_t N> void set_event_types(const char *const (&event_types)[N]) {
-    this->types_.assign(event_types, event_types + N);
-    this->last_event_type_ = nullptr;  // Reset when types change
-  }
 
   // Deleted overloads to catch incorrect std::string usage at compile time with clear error messages
   void set_event_types(std::initializer_list<std::string> event_types) = delete;