diff --git a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.h b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.h
index 2fda3cd..7b513a9 100644
--- a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.h
+++ b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef EHMTX_H
 #define EHMTX_H
 #include "esphome.h"
-#ifdef EHMTXv2_MULTICOLOR_TEXT
-#include <array>
-#endif
 #define USE_Fireplugin
 #include "esphome/components/time/real_time_clock.h"
 
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ const uint8_t TEXTSCROLLSTART = 8;
 const uint8_t TEXTSTARTOFFSET = (32 - 8);
 
 const uint16_t POLLINGINTERVAL = 250;
-static const char *const EHMTX_VERSION = "2024.11.0";
+static const char *const EHMTX_VERSION = "2024.12.1";
 static const char *const TAG = "EHMTXv2";
 
 enum show_mode : uint8_t
@@ -365,10 +362,6 @@ namespace esphome
     PROGMEM Color text_color, progressbar_color, progressbar_back_color;
     PROGMEM std::string text;
     PROGMEM std::string icon_name;
-    #ifdef EHMTXv2_MULTICOLOR_TEXT
-      PROGMEM std::array<Color, 96> charcolors;
-
-    #endif
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
     Color text_color, progressbar_color, progressbar_back_color;
@@ -381,10 +374,6 @@ namespace esphome
     Color heatColor(uint8_t temperature);
     void status();
 
-    #ifdef EHMTXv2_MULTICOLOR_TEXT
-    void multicolor(std::string text,Color c);
-    #endif
-
     void draw();
     bool isfree();
     bool update_slot(uint8_t _icon);
diff --git a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
index 9356d05..d8f4a6e 100644
--- a/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
+++ b/components/ehmtxv2/EHMTX_queue.cpp
@@ -85,26 +85,11 @@ namespace esphome
     this->sbitmap = nullptr;
 #ifdef EHMTXv2_ADV_BITMAP
     this->bitmap = nullptr;
-#endif
-#ifdef EHMTXv2_MULTICOLOR_TEXT
-    this->charcolors = {};
 #endif
     this->progressbar_color = esphome::display::COLOR_OFF;
     this->progressbar_back_color = esphome::display::COLOR_OFF;
   }
 
-    #ifdef EHMTXv2_MULTICOLOR_TEXT
-    void EHMTX_queue::multicolor(std::string _text,Color c)
-    {
-      std::regex color_re("(#[A-Fa-f0-9]{6})");
-      this->text = std::regex_replace(_text, color_re, "");
-
-      for (std::string::size_type i = 0; i < _text.size(); ++i) {
-        this->charcolors[i] = c;
-      }
-    }
-    #endif
-  
   void EHMTX_queue::status()
   {
     switch (this->mode)
diff --git a/tests/ulanzi-test.yaml b/tests/ulanzi-test.yaml
index 7c7ef8b..5e11621 100644
--- a/tests/ulanzi-test.yaml
+++ b/tests/ulanzi-test.yaml
@@ -250,3 +250,4 @@ ehmtxv2:
 animation:
   - id: animation_black
     file: 1pixel.gif
+