diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index ca3849eb0d..fb3c049db3 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ esphome/components/rp2040_pwm/* @jesserockz
 esphome/components/rpi_dpi_rgb/* @clydebarrow
 esphome/components/rtl87xx/* @kuba2k2
 esphome/components/rtttl/* @glmnet
+esphome/components/runtime_stats/* @bdraco
 esphome/components/safe_mode/* @jsuanet @kbx81 @paulmonigatti
 esphome/components/scd4x/* @martgras @sjtrny
 esphome/components/script/* @esphome/core
diff --git a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/__init__.py b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/__init__.py
index 64382194ec..fcbf6cea08 100644
--- a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/__init__.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import esphome.codegen as cg
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_ID
 
-DEPENDENCIES = []
-
 CONF_LOG_INTERVAL = "log_interval"
 
 runtime_stats_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("runtime_stats")
@@ -23,15 +21,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
 )
 
 
-def FILTER_SOURCE_FILES() -> list[str]:
-    """Filter out runtime_stats.cpp when not enabled."""
-    # When runtime_stats component is not included in the configuration,
-    # we don't want to compile runtime_stats.cpp
-    # This function is called when the component IS included, so we return
-    # an empty list to include all source files
-    return []
-
-
 async def to_code(config):
     """Generate code for the runtime statistics component."""
     # Define USE_RUNTIME_STATS when this component is used