diff --git a/homeassistant/components/tts/entity.py b/homeassistant/components/tts/entity.py
index dc6f22570fc..aea5be6d0da 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/tts/entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/tts/entity.py
@@ -165,18 +165,6 @@ class TextToSpeechEntity(RestoreEntity, cached_properties=CACHED_PROPERTIES_WITH
         self.async_write_ha_state()
         return await self.async_stream_tts_audio(request)
 
-    @final
-    async def async_internal_get_tts_audio(
-        self, message: str, language: str, options: dict[str, Any]
-    ) -> TtsAudioType:
-        """Load tts audio file from the engine and update state.
-
-        Return a tuple of file extension and data as bytes.
-        """
-        self.__last_tts_loaded = dt_util.utcnow().isoformat()
-        self.async_write_ha_state()
-        return await self.async_get_tts_audio(message, language, options=options)
-
     async def async_stream_tts_audio(
         self, request: TTSAudioRequest
     ) -> TTSAudioResponse: