diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
index 542a7fc0c0..5bdd219944 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.cpp
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cctype>
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "http_parser.h"
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
 namespace esphome::web_server_idf {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "web_server_idf_utils";
-
 size_t url_decode(char *str) {
   char *start = str;
   char *ptr = str, buf;
@@ -54,24 +51,6 @@ optional<std::string> request_get_header(httpd_req_t *req, const char *name) {
   return {str};
 }
 
-optional<std::string> request_get_url_query(httpd_req_t *req) {
-  auto len = httpd_req_get_url_query_len(req);
-  if (len == 0) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  std::string str;
-  str.resize(len);
-
-  auto res = httpd_req_get_url_query_str(req, &str[0], len + 1);
-  if (res != ESP_OK) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Can't get query for request: %s", esp_err_to_name(res));
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  return {str};
-}
-
 optional<std::string> query_key_value(const char *query_url, size_t query_len, const char *key) {
   if (query_url == nullptr || query_len == 0) {
     return {};
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
index 8eee82696f..027a2f7b6c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/utils.h
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ size_t url_decode(char *str);
 
 bool request_has_header(httpd_req_t *req, const char *name);
 optional<std::string> request_get_header(httpd_req_t *req, const char *name);
-optional<std::string> request_get_url_query(httpd_req_t *req);
 optional<std::string> query_key_value(const char *query_url, size_t query_len, const char *key);
-inline optional<std::string> query_key_value(const std::string &query_url, const std::string &key) {
-  return query_key_value(query_url.c_str(), query_url.size(), key.c_str());
-}
 bool query_has_key(const char *query_url, size_t query_len, const char *key);
 
 // Helper function for case-insensitive character comparison
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index b6cbdb9f01..9ce4b3673d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -393,13 +393,7 @@ AsyncWebParameter *AsyncWebServerRequest::getParam(const char *name) {
   }
 
   // Look up value from query strings
-  optional<std::string> val = query_key_value(this->post_query_.c_str(), this->post_query_.size(), name);
-  if (!val.has_value()) {
-    auto url_query = request_get_url_query(*this);
-    if (url_query.has_value()) {
-      val = query_key_value(url_query.value().c_str(), url_query.value().size(), name);
-    }
-  }
+  auto val = this->find_query_value_(name);
 
   // Don't cache misses to avoid wasting memory when handlers check for
   // optional parameters that don't exist in the request
@@ -418,9 +412,11 @@ AsyncWebParameter *AsyncWebServerRequest::getParam(const char *name) {
 template<typename Func>
 static auto search_query_sources(httpd_req_t *req, const std::string &post_query, const char *name, Func func)
     -> decltype(func(nullptr, size_t{0}, name)) {
-  auto result = func(post_query.c_str(), post_query.size(), name);
-  if (result) {
-    return result;
+  if (!post_query.empty()) {
+    auto result = func(post_query.c_str(), post_query.size(), name);
+    if (result) {
+      return result;
+    }
   }
   auto len = httpd_req_get_url_query_len(req);
   if (len == 0) {