diff --git a/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/pulse_counter_ulp_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/pulse_counter_ulp_sensor.cpp
index d930738867..617251424b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/pulse_counter_ulp_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/pulse_counter_ulp_sensor.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #include "pulse_counter_ulp_sensor.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esp32/ulp.h"
-// This is created by ESP-IDF and clang-tidy doesn't know it exists
-#include "ulp_main.h"  // NOLINT(clang-diagnostic-error)
 #include "soc/rtc_periph.h"
 #include "driver/rtc_io.h"
 #include <esp_sleep.h>
+#include <ulp_main.h>
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace pulse_counter_ulp {
diff --git a/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/ulp/ulp_main.h b/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/ulp/ulp_main.h
deleted file mode 100644
index da7daa7915..0000000000
--- a/esphome/components/pulse_counter_ulp/ulp/ulp_main.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-// Dummy file to appease clang-tidy
-// The real file is generated automatically by the IDF esp32ulp_mapgen.py
-// utility
-
-namespace pulse_counter_ulp {}