diff --git a/esphome/components/optolink/text/__init__.py b/esphome/components/optolink/text/__init__.py
index 6cd6261f34..eb2de1a52a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/optolink/text/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/optolink/text/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from .. import (
     SENSOR_BASE_SCHEMA,
 )
 
-DEPENDENCIES = ["optolink", "api"]
+DEPENDENCIES = ["optolink"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@j0ta29"]
 
 TextType = optolink_ns.enum("TextType")
diff --git a/esphome/components/optolink/text_sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/optolink/text_sensor/__init__.py
index 257cf030a0..a41817bb6b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/optolink/text_sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/optolink/text_sensor/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from .. import (
     SENSOR_BASE_SCHEMA,
 )
 
-DEPENDENCIES = ["optolink", "api"]
+DEPENDENCIES = ["optolink"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@j0ta29"]
 
 TextSensorType = optolink_ns.enum("TextSensorType")