diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_plaintext.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_plaintext.cpp
index 2fd91965793..1335ae5e602 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_plaintext.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_plaintext.cpp
@@ -136,13 +136,12 @@ APIError APIPlaintextFrameHelper::try_read_frame_() {
       continue;
     }
 
-    if (msg_size_varint.as_uint32() > MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE) {
+    if (msg_size_varint.value > MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE) {
       state_ = State::FAILED;
-      HELPER_LOG("Bad packet: message size %" PRIu32 " exceeds maximum %u", msg_size_varint.as_uint32(),
-                 MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+      HELPER_LOG("Bad packet: message size %" PRIu32 " exceeds maximum %u", msg_size_varint.value, MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE);
       return APIError::BAD_DATA_PACKET;
     }
-    rx_header_parsed_len_ = msg_size_varint.as_uint16();
+    rx_header_parsed_len_ = static_cast<uint16_t>(msg_size_varint.value);
 
     // Move to next varint position
     varint_pos += msg_size_varint.consumed;
@@ -152,13 +151,13 @@ APIError APIPlaintextFrameHelper::try_read_frame_() {
       // not enough data there yet
       continue;
     }
-    if (msg_type_varint.as_uint32() > std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()) {
+    if (msg_type_varint.value > std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()) {
       state_ = State::FAILED;
-      HELPER_LOG("Bad packet: message type %" PRIu32 " exceeds maximum %u", msg_type_varint.as_uint32(),
+      HELPER_LOG("Bad packet: message type %" PRIu32 " exceeds maximum %u", msg_type_varint.value,
                  std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max());
       return APIError::BAD_DATA_PACKET;
     }
-    rx_header_parsed_type_ = msg_type_varint.as_uint16();
+    rx_header_parsed_type_ = static_cast<uint16_t>(msg_type_varint.value);
     rx_header_parsed_ = true;
   }
   // header reading done
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.cpp b/esphome/components/api/proto.cpp
index ac13a9a5ab4..e35565dd6db 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ uint32_t ProtoDecodableMessage::count_repeated_field(const uint8_t *buffer, size
       break;  // Invalid data, stop counting
     }
 
-    uint32_t tag = res.as_uint32();
+    uint32_t tag = res.value;
     uint32_t field_type = tag & WIRE_TYPE_MASK;
     uint32_t field_id = tag >> 3;
     ptr += res.consumed;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ uint32_t ProtoDecodableMessage::count_repeated_field(const uint8_t *buffer, size
         if (!res.has_value()) {
           return count;
         }
-        uint32_t field_length = res.as_uint32();
+        uint32_t field_length = res.value;
         ptr += res.consumed;
         if (field_length > static_cast<size_t>(end - ptr)) {
           return count;  // Out of bounds
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void ProtoDecodableMessage::decode(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
       return;
     }
 
-    uint32_t tag = res.as_uint32();
+    uint32_t tag = res.value;
     uint32_t field_type = tag & WIRE_TYPE_MASK;
     uint32_t field_id = tag >> 3;
     ptr += res.consumed;
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ void ProtoDecodableMessage::decode(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
           return;
         }
         if (!this->decode_varint(field_id, res.value)) {
-          ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Cannot decode VarInt field %" PRIu32 " with value %" PRIu32 "!", field_id, res.as_uint32());
+          ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Cannot decode VarInt field %" PRIu32 " with value %" PRIu64 "!", field_id,
+                   static_cast<uint64_t>(res.value));
         }
         ptr += res.consumed;
         break;
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ void ProtoDecodableMessage::decode(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
           ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Invalid Length Delimited at offset %ld", (long) (ptr - buffer));
           return;
         }
-        uint32_t field_length = res.as_uint32();
+        uint32_t field_length = res.value;
         ptr += res.consumed;
         if (field_length > static_cast<size_t>(end - ptr)) {
           ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Out-of-bounds Length Delimited at offset %ld", (long) (ptr - buffer));
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index 7915b58b57c..7050efb4460 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ struct ProtoVarIntResult {
   uint32_t consumed;  // PROTO_VARINT_PARSE_FAILED = parse failed
 
   constexpr bool has_value() const { return this->consumed != PROTO_VARINT_PARSE_FAILED; }
-  constexpr uint16_t as_uint16() const { return this->value; }
-  constexpr uint32_t as_uint32() const { return this->value; }
 };
 
 /// Static varint parsing methods for the protobuf wire format.