diff --git a/esphome/components/lock/__init__.py b/esphome/components/lock/__init__.py
index 4ceb6206fd..aa5bec98d5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lock/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lock/__init__.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ON_UNLOCK,
     CONF_WEB_SERVER,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE, ID, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
+from esphome.core import CORE, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
 from esphome.core.entity_helpers import (
     entity_duplicate_validator,
     queue_entity_register,
     setup_entity,
 )
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, MockObjClass, TemplateArgsType
+from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, MockObjClass
 from esphome.types import ConfigType, SafeExpType
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ Lock = lock_ns.class_("Lock", cg.EntityBase)
 LockPtr = Lock.operator("ptr")
 LockCall = lock_ns.class_("LockCall")
 
-UnlockAction = lock_ns.class_("UnlockAction", automation.Action)
-LockAction = lock_ns.class_("LockAction", automation.Action)
-OpenAction = lock_ns.class_("OpenAction", automation.Action)
 LockPublishAction = lock_ns.class_("LockPublishAction", automation.Action)
 
 LockStateForwarder = lock_ns.class_("LockStateForwarder")
@@ -134,23 +131,14 @@ LOCK_ACTION_SCHEMA = maybe_simple_id(
 )
 
 
-@automation.register_action(
-    "lock.unlock", UnlockAction, LOCK_ACTION_SCHEMA, synchronous=True
-)
-@automation.register_action(
-    "lock.lock", LockAction, LOCK_ACTION_SCHEMA, synchronous=True
-)
-@automation.register_action(
-    "lock.open", OpenAction, LOCK_ACTION_SCHEMA, synchronous=True
-)
-async def lock_action_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    action_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    return cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
+for _name, _call in (
+    ("lock.unlock", "unlock()"),
+    ("lock.lock", "lock()"),
+    ("lock.open", "open()"),
+):
+    automation.register_apply_action(
+        _name, LOCK_ACTION_SCHEMA, automation.ApplyCall(_call)
+    )
 
 
 automation.register_apply_condition(
diff --git a/esphome/components/lock/automation.h b/esphome/components/lock/automation.h
index 13153bc1df..e578a05643 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lock/automation.h
+++ b/esphome/components/lock/automation.h
@@ -6,36 +6,6 @@
 
 namespace esphome::lock {
 
-template<typename... Ts> class LockAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit LockAction(Lock *a_lock) : lock_(a_lock) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->lock_->lock(); }
-
- protected:
-  Lock *lock_;
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class UnlockAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit UnlockAction(Lock *a_lock) : lock_(a_lock) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->lock_->unlock(); }
-
- protected:
-  Lock *lock_;
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class OpenAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit OpenAction(Lock *a_lock) : lock_(a_lock) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->lock_->open(); }
-
- protected:
-  Lock *lock_;
-};
-
 /// Callback forwarder that triggers an Automation<> only when a specific lock state is entered.
 /// Pointer-sized (single Automation* field) to fit inline in Callback::ctx_.
 template<LockState State> struct LockStateForwarder {
diff --git a/tests/components/lock/common.yaml b/tests/components/lock/common.yaml
index 2b360ce3fb..397130dee5 100644
--- a/tests/components/lock/common.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/lock/common.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ esphome:
     then:
       - lock.lock: test_lock1
       - lock.unlock: test_lock1
-      - lock.open: test_lock1
+      - lock.open:
+          id: test_lock1
       - if:
           condition:
             lock.is_locked: test_lock1