diff --git a/esphome/components/ethernet/__init__.py b/esphome/components/ethernet/__init__.py
index 95711f2b80..ef8e82a843 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ethernet/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/ethernet/__init__.py
@@ -117,19 +117,15 @@ ManualIP = ethernet_ns.struct("ManualIP")
 
 def _is_framework_spi_polling_mode_supported():
     # SPI Ethernet without IRQ feature is added in
-    # esp-idf >= (5.3+ ,5.2.1+, 5.1.4) and arduino-esp32 >= 3.0.0
+    # esp-idf >= (5.3+ ,5.2.1+, 5.1.4)
+    # Note: Arduino now uses ESP-IDF as a component, so we only check IDF version
     framework_version = CORE.data[KEY_CORE][KEY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION]
-    if CORE.using_esp_idf:
-        if framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 3, 0):
-            return True
-        if cv.Version(5, 3, 0) > framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 2, 1):
-            return True
-        if cv.Version(5, 2, 0) > framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 1, 4):  # noqa: SIM103
-            return True
-        return False
-    if CORE.using_arduino:
-        return framework_version >= cv.Version(3, 0, 0)
-    # fail safe: Unknown framework
+    if framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 3, 0):
+        return True
+    if cv.Version(5, 3, 0) > framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 2, 1):
+        return True
+    if cv.Version(5, 2, 0) > framework_version >= cv.Version(5, 1, 4):  # noqa: SIM103
+        return True
     return False