diff --git a/esphome/components/external_eeprom/external_eeprom.h b/esphome/components/external_eeprom/external_eeprom.h
index c928366bf2..acc6c85693 100644
--- a/esphome/components/external_eeprom/external_eeprom.h
+++ b/esphome/components/external_eeprom/external_eeprom.h
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ class ExtEepromComponent : public i2c::I2CDevice, public Component {
   float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::BUS; }
 
   bool is_connected(uint8_t i2c_address = 255);
-  bool is_busy(uint8_t i2c_address = 255);
-
+  
   uint8_t read8(uint32_t memaddr);  // Read a single byte from address memaddr
   uint16_t read16(uint32_t memaddr);
   uint32_t read32(uint32_t memaddr);