diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.cpp b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.cpp
index 576143bcbc..f20789fb9f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.cpp
@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@ void RemoteTransmitterComponent::await_target_time_() {
   if (this->target_time_ == 0) {
     this->target_time_ = current_time;
   } else if ((int32_t) (this->target_time_ - current_time) > 0) {
-#if defined(USE_LIBRETINY) || defined(USE_RP2040)
-    // busy loop is required for libretiny and rp2040 as interrupts are disabled
+    // busy loop is required as interrupts are disabled and delayMicroseconds()
+    // may not work correctly in interrupt-disabled contexts on all platforms
     while ((int32_t) (this->target_time_ - micros()) > 0)
       ;
-#else
-    delayMicroseconds(this->target_time_ - current_time);
-#endif
   }
 }