From 171ded35a58728ef48cb65198bcd457ea92f1fa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Swoboda <154711427+swoboda1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:47:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Remove cv.only_with_esp_idf and CORE.using_esp_idf
 (#16681)

---
 esphome/config_validation.py | 10 ----------
 esphome/core/__init__.py     |  9 ---------
 script/ci-custom.py          | 13 -------------
 3 files changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/config_validation.py b/esphome/config_validation.py
index f826b254ac..2f09fdc105 100644
--- a/esphome/config_validation.py
+++ b/esphome/config_validation.py
@@ -857,16 +857,6 @@ only_on_rp2040 = only_on(PLATFORM_RP2040)
 only_with_arduino = only_with_framework(Framework.ARDUINO)
 
 
-def only_with_esp_idf(obj):
-    """Deprecated: use only_on_esp32 instead."""
-    _LOGGER.warning(
-        "cv.only_with_esp_idf was deprecated in 2026.1, will change behavior in 2026.6. "
-        "ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, so ESP-IDF features are available in both frameworks. "
-        "Use cv.only_on_esp32 and/or cv.only_with_arduino instead."
-    )
-    return only_with_framework(Framework.ESP_IDF)(obj)
-
-
 # Adapted from:
 # https://github.com/alecthomas/voluptuous/issues/115#issuecomment-144464666
 def has_at_least_one_key(*keys):
diff --git a/esphome/core/__init__.py b/esphome/core/__init__.py
index 182be38b18..df8fd0a756 100644
--- a/esphome/core/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/core/__init__.py
@@ -859,15 +859,6 @@ class EsphomeCore:
     def using_arduino(self):
         return self.target_framework == "arduino"
 
-    @property
-    def using_esp_idf(self):
-        _LOGGER.warning(
-            "CORE.using_esp_idf was deprecated in 2026.1, will change behavior in 2026.6. "
-            "ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, so ESP-IDF features are available in both frameworks. "
-            "Use CORE.is_esp32 and/or CORE.using_arduino instead."
-        )
-        return self.target_framework == "esp-idf"
-
     @property
     def using_toolchain_esp_idf(self):
         return self.toolchain == Toolchain.ESP_IDF
diff --git a/script/ci-custom.py b/script/ci-custom.py
index 1ac13e18f7..78ff6cf781 100755
--- a/script/ci-custom.py
+++ b/script/ci-custom.py
@@ -693,19 +693,6 @@ def lint_esphome_h(fname, line, col, content):
     )
 
 
-@lint_content_find_check(
-    "CORE.using_esp_idf",
-    include=py_include,
-    exclude=["esphome/core/__init__.py", "script/ci-custom.py"],
-)
-def lint_using_esp_idf_deprecated(fname, line, col, content):
-    return (
-        f"{highlight('CORE.using_esp_idf')} is deprecated and will change behavior in 2026.6. "
-        "ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, so ESP-IDF features are available in both frameworks. "
-        f"Please use {highlight('CORE.is_esp32')} and/or {highlight('CORE.using_arduino')} instead."
-    )
-
-
 @lint_content_check(include=["*.h"], exclude=["esphome/core/entity_types.h"])
 def lint_pragma_once(fname, content):
     if "#pragma once" not in content: