diff --git a/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.cpp b/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.cpp
index bd22a9c2e5..99c2db7f27 100644
--- a/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-#include "esp_modem_c_api_types.h"
-#include "esp_netif_ppp.h"
-#include "cxx_include/esp_modem_api.hpp"
-
 #include "modem_component.h"
+
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/util.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
 
+#include "esp_modem_c_api_types.h"
+#include "esp_netif_ppp.h"
+
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 #include <cinttypes>
diff --git a/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.h b/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.h
index 3702d91173..62eece20ae 100644
--- a/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/modem/modem_component.h
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "cxx_include/esp_modem_dte.hpp"
-#include "cxx_include/esp_modem_dce.hpp"
-
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/components/network/ip_address.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 
+using esphome::esp_log_printf_; 
+
 #include "esp_netif.h"
+#include "cxx_include/esp_modem_api.hpp"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace modem {