diff --git a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.cpp b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.cpp
index a8e0c7b762..cd83015ecb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void AddressableLightTransformer::start() {
 }
 
 optional<LightColorValues> AddressableLightTransformer::apply() {
-  float smoothed_progress = LightTransitionTransformer::smoothed_progress(this->get_progress_());
+  float smoothed_progress = LightTransformer::smoothed_progress(this->get_progress_());
 
   // When running an output-buffer modifying effect, don't try to transition individual LEDs, but instead just fade the
   // LightColorValues. write_state() then picks up the change in brightness, and the color change is picked up by the
diff --git a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
index 3e94a39745..c8ed4897fa 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
+++ b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "light_output.h"
 #include "light_state.h"
-#include "transformers.h"
+#include "light_transformer.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_POWER_SUPPLY
 #include "esphome/components/power_supply/power_supply.h"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class AddressableLight : public LightOutput, public Component {
   bool effect_active_{false};
 };
 
-class AddressableLightTransformer : public LightTransitionTransformer {
+class AddressableLightTransformer : public LightTransformer {
  public:
   AddressableLightTransformer(AddressableLight &light) : light_(light) {}
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/light/light_transformer.h b/esphome/components/light/light_transformer.h
index fb9b709187..a84183c03c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/light_transformer.h
+++ b/esphome/components/light/light_transformer.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class LightTransformer {
   const LightColorValues &get_target_values() const { return this->target_values_; }
 
  protected:
+  // This looks crazy, but it reduces to 6x^5 - 15x^4 + 10x^3 which is just a smooth sigmoid-like
+  // transition from 0 to 1 on x = [0, 1]
+  static float smoothed_progress(float x) { return x * x * x * (x * (x * 6.0f - 15.0f) + 10.0f); }
+
   /// The progress of this transition, on a scale of 0 to 1.
   float get_progress_() {
     uint32_t now = esphome::millis();
diff --git a/esphome/components/light/transformers.h b/esphome/components/light/transformers.h
index 8d49acff97..71d41a66d3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/transformers.h
+++ b/esphome/components/light/transformers.h
@@ -50,15 +50,11 @@ class LightTransitionTransformer : public LightTransformer {
     if (this->changing_color_mode_)
       p = p < 0.5f ? p * 2 : (p - 0.5) * 2;
 
-    float v = LightTransitionTransformer::smoothed_progress(p);
+    float v = LightTransformer::smoothed_progress(p);
     return LightColorValues::lerp(start, end, v);
   }
 
  protected:
-  // This looks crazy, but it reduces to 6x^5 - 15x^4 + 10x^3 which is just a smooth sigmoid-like
-  // transition from 0 to 1 on x = [0, 1]
-  static float smoothed_progress(float x) { return x * x * x * (x * (x * 6.0f - 15.0f) + 10.0f); }
-
   LightColorValues end_values_{};
   LightColorValues intermediate_values_{};
   bool changing_color_mode_{false};