diff --git a/esphome/core/defines.h b/esphome/core/defines.h
index 80247f69da1..5a14c472311 100644
--- a/esphome/core/defines.h
+++ b/esphome/core/defines.h
@@ -17,8 +17,21 @@
 #define ESPHOME_DEBUG_SCHEDULER
 #define ESPHOME_DEBUG_API
 
-// Default threading model for static analysis (ESP32 is multi-threaded with atomics)
+// Threading model for static analysis. Match what the real codegen picks per
+// platform (see esphome/components/<platform>/__init__.py ThreadModel.*):
+//   USE_ESP8266 / USE_RP2040 / USE_NRF52 → SINGLE
+//   USE_BK72XX (ARMv5TE, no LDREX/STREX) → MULTI_NO_ATOMICS
+//   everything else (ESP32, host, RTL87XX, LN882X) → MULTI_ATOMICS
+// Without this the clang-tidy envs end up with USE_<single-threaded platform>
+// + MULTI_ATOMICS simultaneously, a combination that can never occur in a
+// real build.
+#if defined(USE_ESP8266) || defined(USE_RP2040) || defined(USE_NRF52)
+#define ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE
+#elif defined(USE_BK72XX)
+#define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_NO_ATOMICS
+#else
 #define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
+#endif
 
 // logger
 #define ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_VERY_VERBOSE
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
index 4c12470148f..9ced43c6dff 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag + main-loop woke flag storage ===
-// ESP8266 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in real builds, but defines.h (used
-// for static analysis / IDE) can define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS alongside
-// USE_ESP8266, so the storage type here has to match wake.h's conditional.
+// ESP8266 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
 // NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
-std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
-#else
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
-#endif
 volatile bool g_main_loop_woke = false;
 // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
index b90aa593b3f..40044e43115 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
@@ -8,17 +8,9 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag storage ===
-// Fallback platforms (currently only Zephyr/NRF52) are ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in
-// real builds, but defines.h (used for static analysis / IDE) can define
-// ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS here too, so the storage type has to match
-// wake.h's conditional.
-// NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
-std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
-#else
+// Fallback platforms (currently only Zephyr/NRF52) are ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
-#endif
-// NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 }  // namespace esphome
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
index 3fa47d4dcca..b18248dbd27 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag + main-loop woke flag storage ===
-// RP2040 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in real builds, but defines.h (used
-// for static analysis / IDE) can define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS alongside
-// USE_RP2040, so the storage type here has to match wake.h's conditional.
+// RP2040 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
 // NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
-std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
-#else
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
-#endif
 volatile bool g_main_loop_woke = false;
 // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)