diff --git a/esphome/components/ds1307/ds1307.h b/esphome/components/ds1307/ds1307.h
index 238fc7b21a..ec544ef3a4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ds1307/ds1307.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ds1307/ds1307.h
@@ -55,13 +55,4 @@ class DS1307Component final : public time::RealTimeClock, public i2c::I2CDevice
   } ds1307_;
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class WriteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<DS1307Component> {
- public:
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->write_time(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class ReadAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<DS1307Component> {
- public:
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->read_time(); }
-};
 }  // namespace esphome::ds1307
diff --git a/esphome/components/ds1307/time.py b/esphome/components/ds1307/time.py
index 278494c81f..7a15283f3b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ds1307/time.py
+++ b/esphome/components/ds1307/time.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ CODEOWNERS = ["@badbadc0ffee"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["i2c"]
 ds1307_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ds1307")
 DS1307Component = ds1307_ns.class_("DS1307Component", time.RealTimeClock, i2c.I2CDevice)
-WriteAction = ds1307_ns.class_("WriteAction", automation.Action)
-ReadAction = ds1307_ns.class_("ReadAction", automation.Action)
 
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = time.TIME_SCHEMA.extend(
@@ -20,27 +18,24 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = time.TIME_SCHEMA.extend(
 ).extend(i2c.i2c_device_schema(0x68))
 
 
-automation.register_parented_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "ds1307.write_time",
-    WriteAction,
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(DS1307Component),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("write_time()"),
 )
 
-
-automation.register_parented_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "ds1307.read_time",
-    ReadAction,
     automation.maybe_simple_id(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(DS1307Component),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("read_time()"),
 )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/components/ds1307/common-actions.yaml b/tests/components/ds1307/common-actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6c03723b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ds1307/common-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+button:
+  - platform: template
+    name: DS1307 Actions
+    on_press:
+      - ds1307.write_time:
+          id: ds1307_time
+      - ds1307.read_time: ds1307_time
diff --git a/tests/components/ds1307/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml b/tests/components/ds1307/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2326f446c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ds1307/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+packages:
+  i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp8266-ard.yaml
+  ds1307: !include common.yaml
+  actions: !include common-actions.yaml