diff --git a/homeassistant/components/automation/config.py b/homeassistant/components/automation/config.py
index ff0fe43ea26..72fb0101b24 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/automation/config.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/automation/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Config validation helper for the automation integration."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from contextlib import suppress
 from typing import Any
@@ -255,15 +254,15 @@ async def async_validate_config_item(
 
 async def async_validate_config(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
     """Validate config."""
+    # No gather here since _try_async_validate_config_item is unlikely to suspend
+    # and the cost of creating many tasks is not worth the benefit.
     automations = list(
         filter(
             lambda x: x is not None,
-            await asyncio.gather(
-                *(
-                    _try_async_validate_config_item(hass, p_config)
-                    for _, p_config in config_per_platform(config, DOMAIN)
-                )
-            ),
+            [
+                await _try_async_validate_config_item(hass, p_config)
+                for _, p_config in config_per_platform(config, DOMAIN)
+            ],
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py b/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py
index 0029a9c906b..adbaa7e3efa 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py
@@ -1055,9 +1055,9 @@ async def async_validate_conditions_config(
     hass: HomeAssistant, conditions: list[ConfigType]
 ) -> list[ConfigType | Template]:
     """Validate config."""
-    return await asyncio.gather(
-        *(async_validate_condition_config(hass, cond) for cond in conditions)
-    )
+    # No gather here because async_validate_condition_config is unlikely
+    # to suspend and the overhead of creating many tasks is not worth it
+    return [await async_validate_condition_config(hass, cond) for cond in conditions]
 
 
 @callback
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/script.py b/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
index f2eee513790..ee5015ad862 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ async def async_validate_actions_config(
     hass: HomeAssistant, actions: list[ConfigType]
 ) -> list[ConfigType]:
     """Validate a list of actions."""
-    return await asyncio.gather(
-        *(async_validate_action_config(hass, action) for action in actions)
-    )
+    # No gather here because async_validate_action_config is unlikely
+    # to suspend and the overhead of creating many tasks is not worth it
+    return [await async_validate_action_config(hass, action) for action in actions]
 
 
 async def async_validate_action_config(