diff --git a/esphome/components/sds011/sds011.h b/esphome/components/sds011/sds011.h
index 3be74e66d10..d65299c6350 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sds011/sds011.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sds011/sds011.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ class SDS011Component : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
   void dump_config() override;
   void loop() override;
 
-  void set_update_interval(uint32_t val) { /* ignore */
-  }
   void set_update_interval_min(uint8_t update_interval_min);
   void set_working_state(bool working_state);
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/sds011/sensor.py b/esphome/components/sds011/sensor.py
index ae1cc58a950..76abc70bb70 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sds011/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/sds011/sensor.py
@@ -64,12 +64,15 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
+    # Pop update_interval before register_component so it doesn't generate
+    # a set_update_interval call — sds011 handles this via set_update_interval_min
+    update_interval = config.pop(CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL, None)
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await uart.register_uart_device(var, config)
 
-    if CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL in config:
-        cg.add(var.set_update_interval_min(config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL]))
+    if update_interval is not None:
+        cg.add(var.set_update_interval_min(update_interval))
     cg.add(var.set_rx_mode_only(config[CONF_RX_ONLY]))
 
     if CONF_PM_2_5 in config:
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index bfe9beb2723..a9e93f9131e 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ void PollingComponent::stop_poller() {
 }
 
 uint32_t PollingComponent::get_update_interval() const { return this->update_interval_; }
-void PollingComponent::set_update_interval(uint32_t update_interval) { this->update_interval_ = update_interval; }
 
 void __attribute__((noinline, cold))
 WarnIfComponentBlockingGuard::warn_blocking(Component *component, uint32_t blocking_time) {
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.h b/esphome/core/component.h
index 557ba09bbc9..02598b53ff5 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.h
+++ b/esphome/core/component.h
@@ -548,12 +548,10 @@ class PollingComponent : public Component {
   explicit PollingComponent(uint32_t update_interval);
 
   /** Manually set the update interval in ms for this polling object.
-   *
-   * Override this if you want to do some validation for the update interval.
    *
    * @param update_interval The update interval in ms.
    */
-  virtual void set_update_interval(uint32_t update_interval);
+  void set_update_interval(uint32_t update_interval) { this->update_interval_ = update_interval; }
 
   // ========== OVERRIDE METHODS ==========
   // (You'll only need this when creating your own custom sensor)