diff --git a/esphome/components/duty_time/duty_time_sensor.h b/esphome/components/duty_time/duty_time_sensor.h
index a9e91de0b1..9b41ac7e0f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/duty_time/duty_time_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/duty_time/duty_time_sensor.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <cinttypes>
 
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/preferences.h"
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
@@ -47,27 +46,4 @@ class DutyTimeSensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public PollingComponent {
   bool restore_;
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class BaseAction : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<DutyTimeSensor> {};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class StartAction : public BaseAction<Ts...> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->start(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class StopAction : public BaseAction<Ts...> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->stop(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class ResetAction : public BaseAction<Ts...> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->reset(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class RunningCondition final : public Condition<Ts...>, public Parented<DutyTimeSensor> {
- public:
-  explicit RunningCondition(DutyTimeSensor *parent, bool state) : Parented(parent), state_(state) {}
-
- protected:
-  bool check(const Ts &...x) override { return this->parent_->is_running() == this->state_; }
-  bool state_;
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::duty_time_sensor
diff --git a/esphome/components/duty_time/sensor.py b/esphome/components/duty_time/sensor.py
index 4afcf0a0ce..7fd01db836 100644
--- a/esphome/components/duty_time/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/duty_time/sensor.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ from esphome.const import (
     STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING,
     UNIT_SECOND,
 )
-from esphome.core import ID
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, TemplateArgsType
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
 CONF_LAST_TIME = "last_time"
@@ -23,14 +21,6 @@ duty_time_sensor_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("duty_time_sensor")
 DutyTimeSensor = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_(
     "DutyTimeSensor", sensor.Sensor, cg.PollingComponent
 )
-BaseAction = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_("BaseAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented)
-StartAction = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_("StartAction", BaseAction)
-StopAction = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_("StopAction", BaseAction)
-ResetAction = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_("ResetAction", BaseAction)
-SetAction = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_("SetAction", BaseAction)
-RunningCondition = duty_time_sensor_ns.class_(
-    "RunningCondition", automation.Condition, cg.Parented
-)
 
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
@@ -87,51 +77,18 @@ DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA = automation.maybe_simple_id(
 )
 
 
-automation.register_parented_action(
-    "sensor.duty_time.start",
-    StartAction,
-    DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+for _name, _call in (
+    ("sensor.duty_time.start", "start()"),
+    ("sensor.duty_time.stop", "stop()"),
+    ("sensor.duty_time.reset", "reset()"),
+):
+    automation.register_apply_action(
+        _name, DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA, automation.ApplyCall(_call)
+    )
+
+automation.register_apply_condition(
+    "sensor.duty_time.is_running", DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA, "is_running()"
 )
-
-
-automation.register_parented_action(
-    "sensor.duty_time.stop",
-    StopAction,
-    DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+automation.register_apply_condition(
+    "sensor.duty_time.is_not_running", DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA, "is_running() == false"
 )
-
-
-automation.register_parented_action(
-    "sensor.duty_time.reset",
-    ResetAction,
-    DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
-)
-
-
-@automation.register_condition(
-    "sensor.duty_time.is_running", RunningCondition, DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA
-)
-async def duty_time_is_running_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    condition_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    return cg.new_Pvariable(condition_id, template_arg, paren, True)
-
-
-@automation.register_condition(
-    "sensor.duty_time.is_not_running", RunningCondition, DUTY_TIME_ID_SCHEMA
-)
-async def duty_time_is_not_running_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    condition_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    return cg.new_Pvariable(condition_id, template_arg, paren, False)
diff --git a/tests/components/duty_time/common-actions.yaml b/tests/components/duty_time/common-actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18b1a7b6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/duty_time/common-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+button:
+  - platform: template
+    name: Duty Time Actions
+    on_press:
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            sensor.duty_time.is_running: pump_duty_time
+          then:
+            - sensor.duty_time.stop: pump_duty_time
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            sensor.duty_time.is_not_running: pump_duty_time
+          then:
+            - sensor.duty_time.start: pump_duty_time
+      - sensor.duty_time.reset: pump_duty_time
diff --git a/tests/components/duty_time/common.yaml b/tests/components/duty_time/common.yaml
index 12e4397c49..a2a710e2d9 100644
--- a/tests/components/duty_time/common.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/duty_time/common.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ binary_sensor:
 
 sensor:
   - platform: duty_time
+    id: pump_duty_time
     name: Duty Time
     sensor: duty_time_bin1
diff --git a/tests/components/duty_time/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml b/tests/components/duty_time/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc514ad4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/duty_time/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+packages:
+  duty_time: !include common.yaml
+  actions: !include common-actions.yaml