diff --git a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_esp32.cpp b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_esp32.cpp
index 2d05b69f28..38d52139a8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_esp32.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_esp32.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ void MDNSComponent::setup() {
 
     // free records
     for (const auto &it : txt_records) {
-      free(
-          (void *) it
-              .value);  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-cstyle-cast,cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc)
+      free((void *) it.value);  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc)
     }
 
     if (err != ESP_OK) {