diff --git a/esphome/components/camera/camera.h b/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
index 9f46eb0c438..6e1fc8cc06b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
+++ b/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class CameraImage;
  */
 class CameraListener {
  public:
-  virtual void on_camera_image(const std::shared_ptr<CameraImage> &image) = 0;
+  virtual void on_camera_image(const std::shared_ptr<CameraImage> &image) {}
   virtual void on_stream_start() {}
   virtual void on_stream_stop() {}
 };
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.h b/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.h
index 96b11db65c8..54a7d6064a2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.h
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.h
@@ -232,14 +232,12 @@ class ESP32CameraImageTrigger : public Trigger<CameraImageData>, public camera::
 class ESP32CameraStreamStartTrigger : public Trigger<>, public camera::CameraListener {
  public:
   explicit ESP32CameraStreamStartTrigger(ESP32Camera *parent) { parent->add_listener(this); }
-  void on_camera_image(const std::shared_ptr<camera::CameraImage> &image) override {}
   void on_stream_start() override { this->trigger(); }
 };
 
 class ESP32CameraStreamStopTrigger : public Trigger<>, public camera::CameraListener {
  public:
   explicit ESP32CameraStreamStopTrigger(ESP32Camera *parent) { parent->add_listener(this); }
-  void on_camera_image(const std::shared_ptr<camera::CameraImage> &image) override {}
   void on_stream_stop() override { this->trigger(); }
 };