From b01e9e9fb71fb60af8df20d65e41f2826df17835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:36:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [wifi] Remove deprecated wifi_ssid()

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h             |  3 ---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp   | 10 ----------
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp   | 12 ------------
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp |  1 -
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp    |  1 -
 5 files changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
index ea043fd5c6..f2609626ae 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
@@ -549,9 +549,6 @@ class WiFiComponent final : public Component {
   void set_sta_priority(bssid_t bssid, int8_t priority);
 
   network::IPAddresses wifi_sta_ip_addresses();
-  // Remove before 2026.9.0
-  ESPDEPRECATED("Use wifi_ssid_to() instead. Removed in 2026.9.0", "2026.3.0")
-  std::string wifi_ssid();
   /// Write SSID to buffer without heap allocation.
   /// Returns pointer to buffer, or empty string if not connected.
   const char *wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer);
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
index acaa94b13c..005d655d88 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
@@ -944,16 +944,6 @@ bssid_t WiFiComponent::wifi_bssid() {
   }
   return bssid;
 }
-std::string WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid() {
-  struct station_config conf {};
-  if (!wifi_station_get_config(&conf)) {
-    return "";
-  }
-  // conf.ssid is uint8[32], not null-terminated if full
-  auto *ssid_s = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(conf.ssid);
-  size_t len = strnlen(ssid_s, sizeof(conf.ssid));
-  return {ssid_s, len};
-}
 const char *WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer) {
   struct station_config conf {};
   if (!wifi_station_get_config(&conf)) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index 245390b097..180fe80d50 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -1230,18 +1230,6 @@ bssid_t WiFiComponent::wifi_bssid() {
   std::copy(info.bssid, info.bssid + 6, bssid.begin());
   return bssid;
 }
-std::string WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid() {
-  wifi_ap_record_t info{};
-  esp_err_t err = esp_wifi_sta_get_ap_info(&info);
-  if (err != ESP_OK) {
-    // Very verbose only: this is expected during dump_config() before connection is established (PR #9823)
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "esp_wifi_sta_get_ap_info failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
-    return "";
-  }
-  auto *ssid_s = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(info.ssid);
-  size_t len = strnlen(ssid_s, sizeof(info.ssid));
-  return {ssid_s, len};
-}
 const char *WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer) {
   wifi_ap_record_t info{};
   esp_err_t err = esp_wifi_sta_get_ap_info(&info);
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
index 66c397a8ad..e3c08416e8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ bssid_t WiFiComponent::wifi_bssid() {
   }
   return bssid;
 }
-std::string WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid() { return WiFi.SSID().c_str(); }
 const char *WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer) {
 #ifdef USE_BK72XX
   LinkStatusTypeDef link_status{};
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
index 69af9e9a4e..325bcf2652 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ bssid_t WiFiComponent::wifi_bssid() {
     bssid[i] = raw_bssid[i];
   return bssid;
 }
-std::string WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid() { return WiFi.SSID().c_str(); }
 const char *WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer) {
   // TODO: Find direct CYW43 API to avoid Arduino String allocation
   String ssid = WiFi.SSID();