diff --git a/esphome/components/router/speaker/__init__.py b/esphome/components/router/speaker/__init__.py
index 18311416c3..f568aedcbd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/router/speaker/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/router/speaker/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from esphome import automation, core
+from esphome import automation
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import audio, speaker
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_OUTPUT_SPEAKER,
     CONF_SAMPLE_RATE,
 )
-from esphome.core import ID
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj
-from esphome.types import ConfigType, TemplateArgsType
+from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@kahrendt"]
 
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ CONF_TARGET_SPEAKER = "target_speaker"
 
 router_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("router")
 Router = router_ns.class_("Router", cg.Component, speaker.Speaker)
-SwitchOutputAction = router_ns.class_("SwitchOutputAction", automation.Action)
 
 SpeakerPtr = speaker.Speaker.operator("ptr")
 
@@ -93,9 +90,8 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
         cg.add(var.add_output(spk))
 
 
-@automation.register_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "router.speaker.switch_output",
-    SwitchOutputAction,
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(Router),
@@ -104,19 +100,5 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
             ),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyField(CONF_TARGET_SPEAKER, "switch_to_output", SpeakerPtr),
 )
-async def switch_output_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    action_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    parent = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, parent)
-    target = config[CONF_TARGET_SPEAKER]
-    if not isinstance(target, core.Lambda):
-        target = await cg.get_variable(target)
-    template_ = await cg.templatable(target, args, SpeakerPtr)
-    cg.add(var.set_target(template_))
-    return var
diff --git a/esphome/components/router/speaker/router_speaker.h b/esphome/components/router/speaker/router_speaker.h
index 31f3f90630..2ce4c1a906 100644
--- a/esphome/components/router/speaker/router_speaker.h
+++ b/esphome/components/router/speaker/router_speaker.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 #include "esphome/components/speaker/speaker.h"
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
@@ -80,16 +79,6 @@ class Router final : public Component, public speaker::Speaker {
   std::atomic<int8_t> active_output_idx_{0};
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class SwitchOutputAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit SwitchOutputAction(Router *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-  TEMPLATABLE_VALUE(speaker::Speaker *, target)
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->switch_to_output(this->target_.value(x...)); }
-
- protected:
-  Router *parent_;
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::router
 
 #endif  // USE_ESP32