diff --git a/homeassistant/components/fyta/quality_scale.yaml b/homeassistant/components/fyta/quality_scale.yaml
index 97f62f884e7..0fbacd0e12e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/fyta/quality_scale.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/fyta/quality_scale.yaml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ rules:
     status: exempt
     comment: No noisy entities.
   discovery:
-    status: exempt
-    comment: bug in hassfest
+    status: done
+    comment: DHCP
   stale-devices: done
   diagnostics: done
   exception-translations: done
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/powerfox/quality_scale.yaml b/homeassistant/components/powerfox/quality_scale.yaml
index 5a14264940f..7e104b894ca 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/powerfox/quality_scale.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/powerfox/quality_scale.yaml
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ rules:
     comment: |
       This integration is connecting to a cloud service.
   discovery:
-    status: exempt
+    status: done
     comment: |
-      It can find poweropti devices via zeroconf, but will start a normal user flow.
+      It can find poweropti devices via zeroconf, and will start a normal user flow.
   docs-data-update: done
   docs-examples: todo
   docs-known-limitations: done
diff --git a/script/hassfest/quality_scale_validation/discovery.py b/script/hassfest/quality_scale_validation/discovery.py
index a4f01ce0269..d24005b6373 100644
--- a/script/hassfest/quality_scale_validation/discovery.py
+++ b/script/hassfest/quality_scale_validation/discovery.py
@@ -7,23 +7,32 @@ import ast
 
 from script.hassfest.model import Integration
 
-DISCOVERY_FUNCTIONS = [
-    "async_step_discovery",
+MANIFEST_KEYS = [
+    "bluetooth",
+    "dhcp",
+    "homekit",
+    "mqtt",
+    "ssdp",
+    "usb",
+    "zeroconf",
+]
+CONFIG_FLOW_STEPS = {
     "async_step_bluetooth",
+    "async_step_discovery",
+    "async_step_dhcp",
     "async_step_hassio",
     "async_step_homekit",
     "async_step_mqtt",
     "async_step_ssdp",
-    "async_step_zeroconf",
-    "async_step_dhcp",
     "async_step_usb",
-]
+    "async_step_zeroconf",
+}
 
 
 def _has_discovery_function(module: ast.Module) -> bool:
     """Test if the module defines at least one of the discovery functions."""
     return any(
-        type(item) is ast.AsyncFunctionDef and item.name in DISCOVERY_FUNCTIONS
+        type(item) is ast.AsyncFunctionDef and item.name in CONFIG_FLOW_STEPS
         for item in ast.walk(module)
     )
 
@@ -35,11 +44,15 @@ def validate(integration: Integration) -> list[str] | None:
     if not config_flow_file.exists():
         return ["Integration is missing config_flow.py"]
 
-    config_flow = ast.parse(config_flow_file.read_text())
+    # Check manifest
+    if any(key in integration.manifest for key in MANIFEST_KEYS):
+        return None
 
-    if not _has_discovery_function(config_flow):
+    # Fallback => check config_flow step
+    config_flow = ast.parse(config_flow_file.read_text())
+    if not (_has_discovery_function(config_flow)):
         return [
-            f"Integration is missing one of {DISCOVERY_FUNCTIONS} "
+            f"Integration is missing one of {CONFIG_FLOW_STEPS} "
             f"in {config_flow_file}"
         ]