diff --git a/esphome/components/pcf85063/pcf85063.h b/esphome/components/pcf85063/pcf85063.h
index 659260ba5e..717803490a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pcf85063/pcf85063.h
+++ b/esphome/components/pcf85063/pcf85063.h
@@ -81,13 +81,4 @@ class PCF85063Component final : public time::RealTimeClock, public i2c::I2CDevic
   } pcf85063_;
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class WriteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<PCF85063Component> {
- public:
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->write_time(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class ReadAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<PCF85063Component> {
- public:
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->read_time(); }
-};
 }  // namespace esphome::pcf85063
diff --git a/esphome/components/pcf85063/time.py b/esphome/components/pcf85063/time.py
index cc7a373b42..3f993c17e1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pcf85063/time.py
+++ b/esphome/components/pcf85063/time.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ pcf85063_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("pcf85063")
 PCF85063Component = pcf85063_ns.class_(
     "PCF85063Component", time.RealTimeClock, i2c.I2CDevice
 )
-WriteAction = pcf85063_ns.class_("WriteAction", automation.Action)
-ReadAction = pcf85063_ns.class_("ReadAction", automation.Action)
 
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = time.TIME_SCHEMA.extend(
@@ -22,27 +20,24 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = time.TIME_SCHEMA.extend(
 ).extend(i2c.i2c_device_schema(0x51))
 
 
-automation.register_parented_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "pcf85063.write_time",
-    WriteAction,
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(PCF85063Component),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("write_time()"),
 )
 
-
-automation.register_parented_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "pcf85063.read_time",
-    ReadAction,
     automation.maybe_simple_id(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(PCF85063Component),
         }
     ),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("read_time()"),
 )