diff --git a/homeassistant/components/universal/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/universal/media_player.py
index c221a10284a..00f345fd248 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/universal/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/universal/media_player.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ from homeassistant.components.media_player import (
     SERVICE_PLAY_MEDIA,
     SERVICE_SELECT_SOUND_MODE,
     SERVICE_SELECT_SOURCE,
-    MediaPlayerDeviceClass,
     MediaPlayerEntity,
     MediaPlayerEntityFeature,
     MediaPlayerState,
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ class UniversalMediaPlayer(MediaPlayerEntity):
         self._child_state = None
         self._state_template_result = None
         self._state_template = config.get(CONF_STATE_TEMPLATE)
-        self._device_class = config.get(CONF_DEVICE_CLASS)
+        self._attr_device_class = config.get(CONF_DEVICE_CLASS)
         self._attr_unique_id = config.get(CONF_UNIQUE_ID)
         self._browse_media_entity = config.get(CONF_BROWSE_MEDIA_ENTITY)
 
@@ -294,11 +293,6 @@ class UniversalMediaPlayer(MediaPlayerEntity):
             DOMAIN, service_name, service_data, blocking=True, context=self._context
         )
 
-    @property
-    def device_class(self) -> MediaPlayerDeviceClass | None:
-        """Return the class of this device."""
-        return self._device_class
-
     @property
     def master_state(self):
         """Return the master state for entity or None."""