diff --git a/esphome/components/max17043/automation.h b/esphome/components/max17043/automation.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b19e5bd5e..0000000000
--- a/esphome/components/max17043/automation.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-
-#pragma once
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
-#include "max17043.h"
-
-namespace esphome::max17043 {
-
-template<typename... Ts> class SleepAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit SleepAction(MAX17043Component *max17043) : max17043_(max17043) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->max17043_->sleep_mode(); }
-
- protected:
-  MAX17043Component *max17043_;
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::max17043
diff --git a/esphome/components/max17043/sensor.py b/esphome/components/max17043/sensor.py
index 7de1424a96..0b72955c74 100644
--- a/esphome/components/max17043/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/max17043/sensor.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ MAX17043Component = max17043_ns.class_(
     "MAX17043Component", cg.PollingComponent, i2c.I2CDevice
 )
 
-# Actions
-SleepAction = max17043_ns.class_("SleepAction", automation.Action)
-
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     cv.Schema(
         {
@@ -72,9 +69,6 @@ MAX17043_ACTION_SCHEMA = maybe_simple_id(
 )
 
 
-automation.register_simple_action(
-    "max17043.sleep_mode",
-    SleepAction,
-    MAX17043_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+automation.register_apply_action(
+    "max17043.sleep_mode", MAX17043_ACTION_SCHEMA, automation.ApplyCall("sleep_mode()")
 )