diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
index 653a274bf4..f5ab0c7151 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ esp_err_t CameraWebServer::snapshot_handler_(struct httpd_req *req) {
 
   httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, "Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=capture.jpg");
 
-  if (res == ESP_OK) {
-    res = httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, CONTENT_LENGTH, esphome::to_string(image->get_data_length()).c_str());
-  }
   if (res == ESP_OK) {
     res = httpd_resp_send(req, (const char *) image->get_data_buffer(), image->get_data_length());
   }