diff --git a/esphome/components/animation/__init__.py b/esphome/components/animation/__init__.py
index 5a308855de..21a82649f0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/animation/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/animation/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import logging
 
 from esphome import automation, core
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import font
 import esphome.components.image as espImage
 from esphome.components.image import (
     CONF_USE_TRANSPARENCY,
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ ANIMATION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     )
 )
 
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(font.validate_pillow_installed, ANIMATION_SCHEMA)
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = ANIMATION_SCHEMA
 
 NEXT_FRAME_SCHEMA = automation.maybe_simple_id(
     {
diff --git a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
index 6fd2d7c310..1b4fe4bff0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 import functools
 import hashlib
 import logging
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ import re
 
 import freetype
 import glyphsets
-from packaging import version
 import requests
 
 from esphome import core, external_files
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ def flatten(lists) -> list:
     return list(chain.from_iterable(lists))
 
 
-def check_missing_glyphs(file, codepoints: Iterable, warning: bool = False):
+def check_missing_glyphs(file, codepoints, warning: bool = False):
     """
     Check that the given font file actually contains the requested glyphs
     :param file: A Truetype font file
@@ -177,24 +175,6 @@ def validate_glyphs(config):
     return config
 
 
-def validate_pillow_installed(value):
-    try:
-        import PIL
-    except ImportError as err:
-        raise cv.Invalid(
-            "Please install the pillow python package to use this feature. "
-            '(pip install "pillow==10.4.0")'
-        ) from err
-
-    if version.parse(PIL.__version__) != version.parse("10.4.0"):
-        raise cv.Invalid(
-            "Please update your pillow installation to 10.4.0. "
-            '(pip install "pillow==10.4.0")'
-        )
-
-    return value
-
-
 FONT_EXTENSIONS = (".ttf", ".woff", ".otf")
 
 
@@ -421,7 +401,7 @@ FONT_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     },
 )
 
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(validate_pillow_installed, FONT_SCHEMA, validate_glyphs)
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(FONT_SCHEMA, validate_glyphs)
 
 
 # PIL doesn't provide a consistent interface for both TrueType and bitmap
diff --git a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/display.py b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/display.py
index 739ad07843..3c9dd2dab9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/display.py
+++ b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/display.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from esphome import core, pins
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import display, font, spi
+from esphome.components import display, spi
 from esphome.components.display import validate_rotation
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ def _validate(config):
 
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
-    font.validate_pillow_installed,
     display.FULL_DISPLAY_SCHEMA.extend(
         {
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(ILI9XXXDisplay),
diff --git a/esphome/components/image/__init__.py b/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
index 8742540067..4669a3418a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import puremagic
 
 from esphome import core, external_files
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import font
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_DITHER,
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ IMAGE_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     )
 )
 
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(font.validate_pillow_installed, IMAGE_SCHEMA)
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = IMAGE_SCHEMA
 
 
 def load_svg_image(file: bytes, resize: tuple[int, int]):