diff --git a/homeassistant/components/wyoming/satellite.py b/homeassistant/components/wyoming/satellite.py
index 7bbbd3b479a..1409925a894 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/wyoming/satellite.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/wyoming/satellite.py
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ class WyomingSatellite:
             self.hass.add_job(self._client.write_event(Detect().event()))
         elif event.type == assist_pipeline.PipelineEventType.WAKE_WORD_END:
             # Wake word detection
-            self.device.set_is_active(True)
-
             # Inform client of wake word detection
             if event.data and (wake_word_output := event.data.get("wake_word_output")):
                 detection = Detection(
diff --git a/tests/components/wyoming/test_satellite.py b/tests/components/wyoming/test_satellite.py
index cdcecee243c..900f272d69a 100644
--- a/tests/components/wyoming/test_satellite.py
+++ b/tests/components/wyoming/test_satellite.py
@@ -324,9 +324,6 @@ async def test_satellite_pipeline(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
         assert mock_client.detection is not None
         assert mock_client.detection.name == "test_wake_word"
 
-        # "Assist in progress" sensor should be active now
-        assert device.is_active
-
         # Speech-to-text started
         pipeline_event_callback(
             assist_pipeline.PipelineEvent(
@@ -340,6 +337,9 @@ async def test_satellite_pipeline(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
         assert mock_client.transcribe is not None
         assert mock_client.transcribe.language == "en"
 
+        # "Assist in progress" sensor should be active now
+        assert device.is_active
+
         # Push in some audio
         mock_client.inject_event(
             AudioChunk(rate=16000, width=2, channels=1, audio=bytes(1024)).event()