diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
index 224c051ece..b0c39f279b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 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 1760544963..1e6651ed03 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ struct DeferredEvent {
   bool operator==(const DeferredEvent &test) const {
     return (source_ == test.source_ && message_generator_ == test.message_generator_);
   }
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 class AsyncEventSourceResponse {
   friend class AsyncEventSource;