diff --git a/esphome/core/defines.h b/esphome/core/defines.h
index de963313db..9f4099e67f 100644
--- a/esphome/core/defines.h
+++ b/esphome/core/defines.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 #define USE_LVGL_TEXTAREA
 #define USE_LVGL_TILEVIEW
 #define USE_LVGL_TOUCHSCREEN
-#define USE_MICRO_WAKE_WORD
 #define USE_MD5
 #define USE_MDNS
 #define USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@
 #define USE_ESP32_BLE_SERVER
 #define USE_ESP32_CAMERA
 #define USE_IMPROV
-#define USE_MICRO_WAKE_WORD_VAD
 #define USE_MICROPHONE
 #define USE_PSRAM
 #define USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS
@@ -151,6 +149,8 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
 #define USE_ESP_IDF_VERSION_CODE VERSION_CODE(5, 1, 6)
+#define USE_MICRO_WAKE_WORD
+#define USE_MICRO_WAKE_WORD_VAD
 #endif
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP32_VARIANT_ESP32S2)