diff --git a/script/helpers.py b/script/helpers.py
index c9c550d8893..00969efe7c9 100644
--- a/script/helpers.py
+++ b/script/helpers.py
@@ -167,11 +167,15 @@ def build_all_include(header_files: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
         cmd = ["git", "ls-files", "esphome/**/*.h"]
         proc = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
 
+        # X-macro files are included multiple times with different macro definitions
+        # and must not be included bare
+        exclude = {"esphome/core/entity_types.h"}
+
         # Process git output - git already returns paths relative to repo root
         header_files = [
             line.replace(os.path.sep, "/")
             for line in proc.stdout.strip().split("\n")
-            if line
+            if line and line.replace(os.path.sep, "/") not in exclude
         ]
 
     headers = [f'#include "{h}"' for h in header_files]