diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/statistics.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/statistics.py
index 8348933769c..023f94ec88e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/statistics.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/statistics.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from itertools import chain, groupby
 import logging
 from operator import itemgetter
 import re
-from statistics import mean
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, TypedDict, cast
 
 from sqlalchemy import Select, and_, bindparam, func, lambda_stmt, select, text
@@ -145,6 +144,17 @@ STATISTIC_UNIT_TO_UNIT_CONVERTER: dict[str | None, type[BaseUnitConverter]] = {
 DATA_SHORT_TERM_STATISTICS_RUN_CACHE = "recorder_short_term_statistics_run_cache"
 
 
+def mean(values: list[float]) -> float | None:
+    """Return the mean of the values.
+
+    This is a very simple version that only works
+    with a non-empty list of floats. The built-in
+    statistics.mean is more robust but is is almost
+    an order of magnitude slower.
+    """
+    return sum(values) / len(values)
+
+
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)