diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
index 7f8a5a3d15..d11b53dc60 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class DeferredUpdateEventSource : public AsyncEventSource {
     bool operator==(const DeferredEvent &test) const {
       return (source_ == test.source_ && message_generator_ == test.message_generator_);
     }
-  } __attribute__((packed));
+  };
 
  protected:
   // surface a couple methods from the base class
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
index a44d5f9d5b..f213a5c3dd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ struct DeferredEvent {
   bool operator==(const DeferredEvent &test) const {
     return (source_ == test.source_ && message_generator_ == test.message_generator_);
   }
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 class AsyncEventSourceResponse {
   friend class AsyncEventSource;