diff --git a/esphome/components/icnt86/icnt86.cpp b/esphome/components/icnt86/icnt86.cpp
index bceaf3c020..7b083a1e47 100644
--- a/esphome/components/icnt86/icnt86.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/icnt86/icnt86.cpp
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ void ICNT86Touchscreen::update_touches() {
       UWORD y = ((UWORD) buf[4 + 7 * i] << 8) + buf[3 + 7 * i];
       UWORD p = buf[5 + 7 * i];
       UWORD touch_evenid = buf[6 + 7 * i];
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Touch x: %d, y: %d, p: %d", x, y, p);
-
-      this->add_raw_touch_position_(touch_evenid, x, y, p);
+      if (this->touches_.count(touch_evenid) == 0 || (x != this->touches_[touch_evenid].x_prev && y != this->touches_[touch_evenid].y_prev)) {
+        this->add_raw_touch_position_(touch_evenid, x, y, p);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/esphome/components/icnt86/touchscreen.py b/esphome/components/icnt86/touchscreen.py
index 0bce74707e..bb686c3ec7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/icnt86/touchscreen.py
+++ b/esphome/components/icnt86/touchscreen.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ICNT86Touchscreen = icnt86_ns.class_(
 CONF_ICNT86_ID = "icnt86_id"
 CONF_RTS_PIN = "rts_pin"
 
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = touchscreen.TOUCHSCREEN_SCHEMA.extend(
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = touchscreen.touchscreen_schema('250ms').extend(
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(ICNT86Touchscreen),