From b12d392e02fed88fc1df881e460a78d2c8d11820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:06:30 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [esp32_ble] Remove deprecated ESPBTUUID::to_string() (#17590)

---
 esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.cpp | 6 ------
 esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.h   | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.cpp
index 886f8237ad..3ce05b4310 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.cpp
@@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ const char *ESPBTUUID::to_str(std::span<char, UUID_STR_LEN> output) const {
       return output.data();
   }
 }
-std::string ESPBTUUID::to_string() const {
-  char buf[UUID_STR_LEN];
-  this->to_str(buf);
-  return std::string(buf);
-}
-
 }  // namespace esphome::esp32_ble
 
 #endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE_UUID
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.h b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.h
index 503fde6945..20b8f4e35a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.h
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_uuid.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ class ESPBTUUID {
 
   esp_bt_uuid_t get_uuid() const;
 
-  // Remove before 2026.8.0
-  ESPDEPRECATED("Use to_str() instead. Removed in 2026.8.0", "2026.2.0")
-  std::string to_string() const;  // NOLINT
   const char *to_str(std::span<char, UUID_STR_LEN> output) const;
 
  protected: