diff --git a/esphome/components/globals/__init__.py b/esphome/components/globals/__init__.py
index bd6bc5f783..8adf4e983c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/globals/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/globals/__init__.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_TYPE,
     CONF_VALUE,
 )
-from esphome.core import ID, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, TemplateArgsType
+from esphome.core import CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ RestoringGlobalsComponent = globals_ns.class_(
 RestoringGlobalStringComponent = globals_ns.class_(
     "RestoringGlobalStringComponent", cg.PollingComponent
 )
-GlobalVarSetAction = globals_ns.class_("GlobalVarSetAction", automation.Action)
 
 CONF_MAX_RESTORE_DATA_LENGTH = "max_restore_data_length"
 
@@ -94,33 +92,19 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
         cg.add(glob.set_name_hash(hash_))
 
 
-@automation.register_action(
+# A lambda returns the global's own type so `return 42;` reduces to a cast; the value
+# itself is raw C++ text.
+_VALUE_TYPE = "std::remove_reference_t<decltype({parent}->value())>"
+
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "globals.set",
-    GlobalVarSetAction,
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(GlobalsComponent),
             cv.Required(CONF_VALUE): cv.templatable(cv.string_strict),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyField(
+        CONF_VALUE, "value() = {}", _VALUE_TYPE, const_fn=lambda _, value: value
+    ),
 )
-async def globals_set_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    action_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    full_id, paren = await cg.get_variable_with_full_id(config[CONF_ID])
-    template_arg = cg.TemplateArguments(full_id.type, *template_arg)
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
-    # Use the global's value_type alias as the lambda return type so
-    # TemplatableFn stores a direct function pointer instead of going through
-    # the deprecated converting trampoline when the value expression deduces
-    # to a different type (e.g. int literal assigned to a float global).
-    value_type = cg.RawExpression(f"{full_id.type}::value_type")
-    templ = await cg.templatable(
-        config[CONF_VALUE], args, value_type, to_exp=cg.RawExpression
-    )
-    cg.add(var.set_value(templ))
-    return var
diff --git a/esphome/components/globals/globals_component.h b/esphome/components/globals/globals_component.h
index 78d2bc5910..b7acb06569 100644
--- a/esphome/components/globals/globals_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/globals/globals_component.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/preferences.h"
+
+#include <array>
 #include <cstring>
 
 namespace esphome::globals {
@@ -127,20 +129,6 @@ template<typename T, uint8_t SZ> class RestoringGlobalStringComponent : public P
   ESPPreferenceObject rtc_;
 };
 
-template<class C, typename... Ts> class GlobalVarSetAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit GlobalVarSetAction(C *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-
-  using T = typename C::value_type;
-
-  TEMPLATABLE_VALUE(T, value);
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->value() = this->value_.value(x...); }
-
- protected:
-  C *parent_;
-};
-
 template<typename T> T &id(GlobalsComponent<T> *value) { return value->value(); }
 template<typename T> T &id(RestoringGlobalsComponent<T> *value) { return value->value(); }
 template<typename T, uint8_t SZ> T &id(RestoringGlobalStringComponent<T, SZ> *value) { return value->value(); }
diff --git a/tests/components/globals/common.yaml b/tests/components/globals/common.yaml
index 6d5721d3be..bff7de8b7f 100644
--- a/tests/components/globals/common.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/globals/common.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ esphome:
       - globals.set:
           id: glob_int
           value: "10"
-      # Set a float global with an integer literal - must emit the correct
-      # return type so TemplatableFn stores a direct function pointer.
+      # Set a float global with an integer literal; the lambda must return the
+      # global's own type so the assignment needs no conversion.
       - globals.set:
           id: glob_float
           value: "102"