diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/automation.h b/esphome/components/ota/automation.h
index 31d71a213f..7e1a60f3ce 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/automation.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/automation.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class OTAStartTrigger : public Trigger<> {
  public:
   explicit OTAStartTrigger(OTAComponent *parent) {
     parent->add_on_state_callback([this, parent](OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error) {
-      if (state == ota::OTA_STARTED && !parent->is_failed()) {
+      if (state == OTA_STARTED && !parent->is_failed()) {
         trigger();
       }
     });
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class OTAProgressTrigger : public Trigger<float> {
  public:
   explicit OTAProgressTrigger(OTAComponent *parent) {
     parent->add_on_state_callback([this, parent](OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error) {
-      if (state == ota::OTA_IN_PROGRESS && !parent->is_failed()) {
+      if (state == OTA_IN_PROGRESS && !parent->is_failed()) {
         trigger(progress);
       }
     });
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class OTAEndTrigger : public Trigger<> {
  public:
   explicit OTAEndTrigger(OTAComponent *parent) {
     parent->add_on_state_callback([this, parent](OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error) {
-      if (state == ota::OTA_COMPLETED && !parent->is_failed()) {
+      if (state == OTA_COMPLETED && !parent->is_failed()) {
         trigger();
       }
     });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class OTAAbortTrigger : public Trigger<> {
  public:
   explicit OTAAbortTrigger(OTAComponent *parent) {
     parent->add_on_state_callback([this, parent](OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error) {
-      if (state == ota::OTA_ABORT && !parent->is_failed()) {
+      if (state == OTA_ABORT && !parent->is_failed()) {
         trigger();
       }
     });
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class OTAErrorTrigger : public Trigger<uint8_t> {
  public:
   explicit OTAErrorTrigger(OTAComponent *parent) {
     parent->add_on_state_callback([this, parent](OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error) {
-      if (state == ota::OTA_ERROR && !parent->is_failed()) {
+      if (state == OTA_ERROR && !parent->is_failed()) {
         trigger(error);
       }
     });
diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
index e7d2a2bcce..30de4ec4b3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace ota {
 
-// The make_ota_backend() implementation is provided by each platform-specific backend
-
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_CALLBACK
 OTAGlobalCallback *global_ota_callback{nullptr};  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)