diff --git a/esphome/components/api/client.py b/esphome/components/api/client.py
index b2920f239b..c777c3be9d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/client.py
+++ b/esphome/components/api/client.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ async def async_run_logs(config, address):
     if CONF_ENCRYPTION in conf:
         noise_psk = conf[CONF_ENCRYPTION][CONF_KEY]
     _LOGGER.info("Starting log output from %s using esphome API", address)
-    zc = zeroconf.Zeroconf()
     cli = APIClient(
         address,
         port,