diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
index b7d3ef4a6d..8a73f2020d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ from .const import (  # noqa
     KEY_SDKCONFIG_OPTIONS,
     KEY_SUBMODULES,
     KEY_VARIANT,
+    VARIANT_ESP32,
     VARIANT_FRIENDLY,
     VARIANTS,
 )
@@ -376,6 +377,15 @@ def final_validate(config):
             f"Please specify {CONF_FLASH_SIZE} within esp32 configuration only"
         )
 
+    if (
+        config[CONF_VARIANT] != VARIANT_ESP32
+        and CONF_ADVANCED in (conf_fw := config[CONF_FRAMEWORK])
+        and CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC in conf_fw[CONF_ADVANCED]
+    ):
+        raise cv.Invalid(
+            f"{CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC} is not supported on {config[CONF_VARIANT]}"
+        )
+
     return config
 
 
@@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ ESP_IDF_FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA = cv.All(
                     cv.Optional(
                         CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_CUSTOM_MAC, default=False
                     ): cv.boolean,
-                    cv.Optional(CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC, default=False): cv.boolean,
+                    cv.Optional(CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC): cv.boolean,
                 }
             ),
             cv.Optional(CONF_COMPONENTS, default=[]): cv.ensure_list(
@@ -532,8 +542,8 @@ async def to_code(config):
 
         if conf[CONF_ADVANCED][CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_CUSTOM_MAC]:
             cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_CUSTOM_MAC")
-        if conf[CONF_ADVANCED][CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC]:
-            cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC")
+        if conf[CONF_ADVANCED].get(CONF_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC):
+            add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_ESP_MAC_IGNORE_MAC_CRC_ERROR", True)
             if (framework_ver.major, framework_ver.minor) >= (4, 4):
                 add_idf_sdkconfig_option(
                     "CONFIG_ESP_PHY_CALIBRATION_AND_DATA_STORAGE", False
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index c430d160f2..0f2e181e31 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -131,16 +131,10 @@ void event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base, int32_t event_id, voi
 
 void WiFiComponent::wifi_pre_setup_() {
   uint8_t mac[6];
-#ifdef USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC
-  get_mac_address_raw(mac);
-  set_mac_address(mac);
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Use EFuse MAC without checking CRC: %s", get_mac_address_pretty().c_str());
-#else
   if (has_custom_mac_address()) {
     get_mac_address_raw(mac);
     set_mac_address(mac);
   }
-#endif
   esp_err_t err = esp_netif_init();
   if (err != ERR_OK) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_netif_init failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
index 492ab6dd1a..dca35819ff 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
@@ -662,13 +662,9 @@ void get_mac_address_raw(uint8_t *mac) {  // NOLINT(readability-non-const-parame
   static const uint8_t esphome_host_mac_address[6] = USE_ESPHOME_HOST_MAC_ADDRESS;
   memcpy(mac, esphome_host_mac_address, sizeof(esphome_host_mac_address));
 #elif defined(USE_ESP32)
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED) || defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED)
   // When CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED is defined, esp_efuse_mac_get_default
-  // returns the 802.15.4 EUI-64 address. Read directly from eFuse instead.
-  // On some devices, the MAC address that is burnt into EFuse does not
-  // match the CRC that goes along with it. For those devices, this
-  // work-around reads and uses the MAC address as-is from EFuse,
-  // without doing the CRC check.
+  // returns the 802.15.4 EUI-64 address, so we read directly from eFuse instead.
   if (has_custom_mac_address()) {
     esp_efuse_read_field_blob(ESP_EFUSE_MAC_CUSTOM, mac, 48);
   } else {