diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.cpp
index fb02821760..3eb3764857 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.cpp
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace web_server {
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+ListEntitiesIterator::ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, AsyncEventSource *es) : web_server_(ws), events_(es) {}
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
 ListEntitiesIterator::ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, DeferredUpdateEventSource *es)
     : web_server_(ws), events_(es) {}
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
-ListEntitiesIterator::ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, AsyncEventSource *es) : web_server_(ws), events_(es) {}
-#endif
 ListEntitiesIterator::~ListEntitiesIterator() {}
 
 #ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.h b/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.h
index ba81c70c86..43e1cc2544 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/list_entities.h
@@ -5,25 +5,24 @@
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component_iterator.h"
 namespace esphome {
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 namespace web_server_idf {
 class AsyncEventSource;
 }
 #endif
 namespace web_server {
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
 class DeferredUpdateEventSource;
 #endif
 class WebServer;
 
 class ListEntitiesIterator : public ComponentIterator {
  public:
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
-  ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, DeferredUpdateEventSource *es);
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
   ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, esphome::web_server_idf::AsyncEventSource *es);
+#elif defined(USE_ARDUINO)
+  ListEntitiesIterator(const WebServer *ws, DeferredUpdateEventSource *es);
 #endif
   virtual ~ListEntitiesIterator();
 #ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR
@@ -90,11 +89,10 @@ class ListEntitiesIterator : public ComponentIterator {
 
  protected:
   const WebServer *web_server_;
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
-  DeferredUpdateEventSource *events_;
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
   esphome::web_server_idf::AsyncEventSource *events_;
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
+  DeferredUpdateEventSource *events_;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
index 22e56639e1..4a98db8877 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/__init__.py
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ async def to_code(config):
     await ota_to_code(var, config)
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     cg.add_define("USE_WEBSERVER_OTA")
-    if CORE.using_esp_idf:
+    if CORE.is_esp32:
         add_idf_component(name="zorxx/multipart-parser", ref="1.0.1")
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/ota_web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/ota_web_server.cpp
index 672a9868c5..7929f3647f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/ota/ota_web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/ota/ota_web_server.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 #endif
 #endif  // USE_ARDUINO
 
+#if USE_ESP32
+using PlatformString = std::string;
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
+using PlatformString = String;
+#endif
+
 namespace esphome {
 namespace web_server {
 
@@ -26,8 +32,8 @@ class OTARequestHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
  public:
   OTARequestHandler(WebServerOTAComponent *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
   void handleRequest(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) override;
-  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const String &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data, size_t len,
-                    bool final) override;
+  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const PlatformString &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data,
+                    size_t len, bool final) override;
   bool canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) const override {
     // Check if this is an OTA update request
     bool is_ota_request = request->url() == "/update" && request->method() == HTTP_POST;
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ void OTARequestHandler::ota_init_(const char *filename) {
   this->ota_success_ = false;
 }
 
-void OTARequestHandler::handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const String &filename, size_t index,
+void OTARequestHandler::handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const PlatformString &filename, size_t index,
                                      uint8_t *data, size_t len, bool final) {
   ota::OTAResponseTypes error_code = ota::OTA_RESPONSE_OK;
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
index 33141c2049..57bac54323 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/util.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
 #include "StreamString.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static UrlMatch match_url(const char *url_ptr, size_t url_len, bool only_domain)
   return match;
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
 // helper for allowing only unique entries in the queue
 void DeferredUpdateEventSource::deq_push_back_with_dedup_(void *source, message_generator_t *message_generator) {
   DeferredEvent item(source, message_generator);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void WebServer::setup() {
   }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
   this->base_->add_handler(&this->events_);
 #endif
   this->base_->add_handler(this);
@@ -1770,15 +1770,15 @@ bool WebServer::canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) const {
 
   // Static URL checks
   static const char *const STATIC_URLS[] = {
-      "/",
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
-      "/events",
+    "/",
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
+    "/events",
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_CSS_INCLUDE
-      "/0.css",
+    "/0.css",
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_JS_INCLUDE
-      "/0.js",
+    "/0.js",
 #endif
   };
 
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ void WebServer::handleRequest(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
     return;
   }
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
   if (url == "/events") {
     this->events_.add_new_client(this, request);
     return;
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
index e42c35b32d..2e5d58d375 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ enum JsonDetail { DETAIL_ALL, DETAIL_STATE };
   implemented in a more straightforward way for ESP-IDF. Arduino platform will eventually go away and this workaround
   can be forgotten.
 */
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
 using message_generator_t = std::string(WebServer *, void *);
 
 class DeferredUpdateEventSourceList;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class DeferredUpdateEventSourceList : public std::list<DeferredUpdateEventSource
  * can be found under https://esphome.io/web-api/index.html.
  */
 class WebServer : public Controller, public Component, public AsyncWebHandler {
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
+#if !defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_ARDUINO)
   friend class DeferredUpdateEventSourceList;
 #endif
 
@@ -559,11 +559,10 @@ class WebServer : public Controller, public Component, public AsyncWebHandler {
   }
 
   web_server_base::WebServerBase *base_;
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
-  DeferredUpdateEventSourceList events_;
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
   AsyncEventSource events_{"/events", this};
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
+  DeferredUpdateEventSourceList events_;
 #endif
 
 #if USE_WEBSERVER_VERSION == 1
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_base/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server_base/__init__.py
index a82ec462d9..4cf76eba0e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_base/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_base/__init__.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES = ["network"]
 
 
 def AUTO_LOAD():
+    if CORE.is_esp32:
+        return ["web_server_idf"]
     if CORE.using_arduino:
         return ["async_tcp"]
-    if CORE.using_esp_idf:
-        return ["web_server_idf"]
     return []
 
 
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ async def to_code(config):
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     cg.add(cg.RawExpression(f"{web_server_base_ns}::global_web_server_base = {var}"))
 
+    if CORE.is_esp32:
+        return
+
     if CORE.using_arduino:
         if CORE.is_esp32:
             cg.add_library("WiFi", None)
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
index cfca776ee1..7fa88a9930 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_ARDUINO
-#include <ESPAsyncWebServer.h>
-#elif USE_ESP_IDF
+#if USE_ESP32
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h"
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
+#include <ESPAsyncWebServer.h>
+#endif
+
+#if USE_ESP32
+using PlatformString = std::string;
+#elif USE_ARDUINO
+using PlatformString = String;
 #endif
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -28,8 +34,8 @@ class MiddlewareHandler : public AsyncWebHandler {
 
   bool canHandle(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) const override { return next_->canHandle(request); }
   void handleRequest(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) override { next_->handleRequest(request); }
-  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const String &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data, size_t len,
-                    bool final) override {
+  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const PlatformString &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data,
+                    size_t len, bool final) override {
     next_->handleUpload(request, filename, index, data, len, final);
   }
   void handleBody(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, uint8_t *data, size_t len, size_t index, size_t total) override {
@@ -65,8 +71,8 @@ class AuthMiddlewareHandler : public MiddlewareHandler {
       return;
     MiddlewareHandler::handleRequest(request);
   }
-  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const String &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data, size_t len,
-                    bool final) override {
+  void handleUpload(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const PlatformString &filename, size_t index, uint8_t *data,
+                    size_t len, bool final) override {
     if (!check_auth(request))
       return;
     MiddlewareHandler::handleUpload(request, filename, index, data, len, final);
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
index 506e1c5c13..74a9d657a6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CODEOWNERS = ["@dentra"]
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     cv.Schema({}),
-    cv.only_with_esp_idf,
+    cv.only_on_esp32,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.cpp
index 8655226ab9..2092a41a8e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-#if defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
 #include "multipart.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
@@ -251,4 +251,4 @@ std::string str_trim(const std::string &str) {
 
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
+#endif  // defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
index 967c72ffa5..8fbe90c4a0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-#if defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
 
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ std::string str_trim(const std::string &str);
 
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
+#endif  // defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
index ac5df90bb8..d5d34b520b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 #include <memory>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ const char *stristr(const char *haystack, const char *needle) {
 
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // USE_ESP_IDF
+#endif  // USE_ESP32
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
index 988b962d72..f70a5f0760 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 #include <esp_http_server.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ const char *stristr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
 
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // USE_ESP_IDF
+#endif  // USE_ESP32
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 51d763c508..df5c59a720 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <memory>
@@ -670,4 +670,4 @@ esp_err_t AsyncWebServer::handle_multipart_upload_(httpd_req_t *r, const char *c
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
 
-#endif  // !defined(USE_ESP_IDF)
+#endif  // !defined(USE_ESP32)
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
index 76540ef232..9b27ff0a4a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
-#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include <esp_http_server.h>
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ class ListEntitiesIterator;
 #endif
 namespace web_server_idf {
 
+#ifndef USE_ARDUINO
+using String = std::string;
 #define F(string_literal) (string_literal)
 #define PGM_P const char *
 #define strncpy_P strncpy
-
-using String = std::string;
+#endif
 
 class AsyncWebParameter {
  public:
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class DefaultHeaders {
 
 using namespace esphome::web_server_idf;  // NOLINT(google-global-names-in-headers)
 
-#endif  // !defined(USE_ESP_IDF)
+#endif  // !defined(USE_ESP32)