diff --git a/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.cpp
index d2483619a6..17c606d253 100644
--- a/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ void log_text_sensor(const char *tag, const char *prefix, const char *type, Text
   LOG_ENTITY_ICON(tag, prefix, *obj);
 }
 
-void TextSensor::publish_state(const std::string &state) { this->publish_state(state.data(), state.size()); }
-
-void TextSensor::publish_state(const char *state) { this->publish_state(state, strlen(state)); }
-
 void TextSensor::publish_state(const char *state, size_t len) {
 #ifdef USE_TEXT_SENSOR_FILTER
   if (this->filter_list_ == nullptr) {
@@ -91,10 +87,6 @@ const std::string &TextSensor::get_raw_state() const {
 #endif
   return this->state;  // No filters, raw == filtered
 }
-void TextSensor::internal_send_state_to_frontend(const std::string &state) {
-  this->internal_send_state_to_frontend(state.data(), state.size());
-}
-
 void TextSensor::internal_send_state_to_frontend(const char *state, size_t len) {
   // Only assign if changed to avoid heap allocation
   if (len != this->state.size() || memcmp(state, this->state.data(), len) != 0) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.h b/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.h
index aa48781f41..0e7364bf98 100644
--- a/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class TextSensor : public EntityBase {
   /// Returns the raw (pre-filter) state.
   const std::string &get_raw_state() const;
 
-  void publish_state(const std::string &state);
-  void publish_state(const char *state);
+  void publish_state(const std::string &state) { this->publish_state(state.data(), state.size()); }
+  void publish_state(const char *state) { this->publish_state(state, strlen(state)); }
   void publish_state(const char *state, size_t len);
 
 #ifdef USE_TEXT_SENSOR_FILTER
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ class TextSensor : public EntityBase {
   // ========== INTERNAL METHODS ==========
   // (In most use cases you won't need these)
 
-  void internal_send_state_to_frontend(const std::string &state);
+  void internal_send_state_to_frontend(const std::string &state) {
+    this->internal_send_state_to_frontend(state.data(), state.size());
+  }
   void internal_send_state_to_frontend(const char *state, size_t len);
 
  protected: