diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore b/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b4157aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Gitignore settings for ESPHome
+# This is an example and may include too much for your use-case.
+# You can modify this file to suit your needs.
+/.esphome/
+/secrets.yaml
diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.h b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.h
index 363f5c024f..1cd77f3fd2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.h
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.h
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ struct ESPNowPacket {
   inline void retry() ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE { attempts++; }
 
   inline bool is_valid() const {
-    bool valid = (memcmp((const void *) this->content_as_bytes(), (const void *) &TRANSPORT_HEADER, 3) == 0);
-    valid &= (this->protocol() != 0);
+    // bool valid = (memcmp((const void *) this->content_as_bytes(), (const void *) &TRANSPORT_HEADER, 3) == 0);
+    // valid &= (this->protocol() != 0);
     return true;  // valid;
   }
 };