diff --git a/esphome/components/microphone/__init__.py b/esphome/components/microphone/__init__.py
index 9a3f5b43e7..c604f64d77 100644
--- a/esphome/components/microphone/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/microphone/__init__.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ON_DATA,
     CONF_TRIGGER_ID,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE, ID
+from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.coroutine import CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, TemplateArgsType
+from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
 AUTO_LOAD = ["audio"]
@@ -29,30 +29,11 @@ microphone_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("microphone")
 Microphone = microphone_ns.class_("Microphone")
 MicrophoneSource = microphone_ns.class_("MicrophoneSource")
 
-CaptureAction = microphone_ns.class_(
-    "CaptureAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(Microphone)
-)
-StopCaptureAction = microphone_ns.class_(
-    "StopCaptureAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(Microphone)
-)
-MuteAction = microphone_ns.class_(
-    "MuteAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(Microphone)
-)
-UnmuteAction = microphone_ns.class_(
-    "UnmuteAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(Microphone)
-)
-
-
 DataTrigger = microphone_ns.class_(
     "DataTrigger",
     automation.Trigger.template(cg.std_vector.template(cg.uint8).operator("ref")),
 )
 
-IsCapturingCondition = microphone_ns.class_(
-    "IsCapturingCondition", automation.Condition
-)
-IsMutedCondition = microphone_ns.class_("IsMutedCondition", automation.Condition)
-
 
 async def setup_microphone_core_(var: MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
     for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_DATA, []):
@@ -189,44 +170,22 @@ async def microphone_source_to_code(
     return mic_source
 
 
-async def microphone_action(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    action_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg)
-    await cg.register_parented(var, config[CONF_ID])
-    return var
+for _name, _call in (
+    ("microphone.capture", "start()"),
+    ("microphone.stop_capture", "stop()"),
+    ("microphone.mute", "set_mute_state(true)"),
+    ("microphone.unmute", "set_mute_state(false)"),
+):
+    automation.register_apply_action(
+        _name, MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA, automation.ApplyCall(_call)
+    )
 
-
-automation.register_action(
-    "microphone.capture",
-    CaptureAction,
-    MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
-)(microphone_action)
-
-automation.register_action(
-    "microphone.stop_capture",
-    StopCaptureAction,
-    MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
-)(microphone_action)
-
-automation.register_action(
-    "microphone.mute", MuteAction, MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA, synchronous=True
-)(microphone_action)
-automation.register_action(
-    "microphone.unmute", UnmuteAction, MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA, synchronous=True
-)(microphone_action)
-
-automation.register_condition(
-    "microphone.is_capturing", IsCapturingCondition, MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA
-)(microphone_action)
-automation.register_condition(
-    "microphone.is_muted", IsMutedCondition, MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA
-)(microphone_action)
+automation.register_apply_condition(
+    "microphone.is_capturing", MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA, "is_running()"
+)
+automation.register_apply_condition(
+    "microphone.is_muted", MICROPHONE_ACTION_SCHEMA, "get_mute_state()"
+)
 
 
 @coroutine_with_priority(CoroPriority.CORE)
diff --git a/esphome/components/microphone/automation.h b/esphome/components/microphone/automation.h
index c28616a290..0fac18d828 100644
--- a/esphome/components/microphone/automation.h
+++ b/esphome/components/microphone/automation.h
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace esphome::microphone {
 
-template<typename... Ts> class CaptureAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->start(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class StopCaptureAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->stop(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class MuteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->set_mute_state(true); }
-};
-template<typename... Ts> class UnmuteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->set_mute_state(false); }
-};
-
 class DataTrigger final : public Trigger<const std::vector<uint8_t> &> {
  public:
   explicit DataTrigger(Microphone *mic) {
@@ -29,14 +14,4 @@ class DataTrigger final : public Trigger<const std::vector<uint8_t> &> {
   }
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class IsCapturingCondition final : public Condition<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
- public:
-  bool check(const Ts &...x) override { return this->parent_->is_running(); }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class IsMutedCondition final : public Condition<Ts...>, public Parented<Microphone> {
- public:
-  bool check(const Ts &...x) override { return this->parent_->get_mute_state(); }
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::microphone
diff --git a/tests/components/microphone/common-actions.yaml b/tests/components/microphone/common-actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..885282bcdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/microphone/common-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# capture, stop_capture and is_capturing on the external microphone.
+button:
+  - platform: template
+    name: Microphone Capture
+    on_press:
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            microphone.is_capturing: mic_id_external
+          then:
+            - microphone.stop_capture: mic_id_external
+          else:
+            - microphone.capture: mic_id_external
diff --git a/tests/components/microphone/test-actions.esp32-idf.yaml b/tests/components/microphone/test-actions.esp32-idf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2f27a4286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/microphone/test-actions.esp32-idf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+substitutions:
+  i2s_din_pin1: GPIO33
+  i2s_din_pin2: GPIO34
+
+packages:
+  i2s_audio: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2s_audio/esp32-idf.yaml
+  microphone: !include common-pdm.yaml
+  actions: !include common-actions.yaml