diff --git a/components/ulp/subproject/ulp_project.cmake b/components/ulp/subproject/ulp_project.cmake
index 321bf969192..b741444f268 100644
--- a/components/ulp/subproject/ulp_project.cmake
+++ b/components/ulp/subproject/ulp_project.cmake
@@ -64,11 +64,18 @@ function(__ulp_prepare_build)
         idf_build_set_property(${property} "")
     endforeach()
 
-    # Do not apply the default app component closure to ULP child projects.
-    # ULP components should contribute dependencies explicitly.
-    idf_build_set_property(__COMPONENT_REQUIRES_COMMON "")
-    idf_build_set_property(__COMMON_COMPONENT_INTERFACES "")
+    # A ULP program is built against the component for its architecture, so
+    # every component of the child gets it without naming it. Nothing else of
+    # the application component closure applies, and the interfaces are set
+    # here rather than through __init_common_components, which would also add
+    # the target's architecture component.
+    __ulp_arch_component(ulp_component)
+
+    idf_component_get_property(ulp_component_interface "${ulp_component}" COMPONENT_INTERFACE)
+    idf_build_set_property(__COMPONENT_REQUIRES_COMMON "${ulp_component}")
+    idf_build_set_property(__COMMON_COMPONENT_INTERFACES "${ulp_component_interface}")
     idf_build_set_property(__COMMON_COMPONENTS_INITIALIZED YES)
+    idf_component_include("${ulp_component}")
 
     idf_build_set_property(__ULP_BUILD_PREPARED YES)
 endfunction()
diff --git a/components/ulp/test_apps/lp_core/host_tests/lp_core_custom_linker_v2/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/ulp/test_apps/lp_core/host_tests/lp_core_custom_linker_v2/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
index e817767e3e1..225c5b9c5b9 100644
--- a/components/ulp/test_apps/lp_core/host_tests/lp_core_custom_linker_v2/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/ulp/test_apps/lp_core/host_tests/lp_core_custom_linker_v2/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES lp_core)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_fsm/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_fsm/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 71bc4527ab5..37d4277a338 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_fsm/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_fsm/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "main.S"
-                       REQUIRES ulp_fsm)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.S")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_riscv/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_riscv/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 831c0a745bf..34613e8e3cd 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_riscv/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/combined/main/ulp_riscv/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES ulp_riscv)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/components/ulp_wake/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/components/ulp_wake/CMakeLists.txt
index cde67787ae4..9bd5443dd4e 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/components/ulp_wake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/components/ulp_wake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "wake_up.S"
-                       REQUIRES ulp_fsm)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "wake_up.S")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d25b1e1eee..f04ec9d5c05 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/fsm/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(srcs
     "counter.S")
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
-                       REQUIRES ulp_fsm ulp_wake
+                       REQUIRES ulp_wake
                        LDFRAGMENTS "ulp_fsm_sections.lf")
 
 target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE ULP_BUILD_SYSTEM_FSM_EXAMPLE=1)
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/lp_core/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/lp_core/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
index a37977dbb44..5b867f38515 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/lp_core/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/lp_core/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES lp_core ulp_sum ulp_math)
+                       REQUIRES ulp_sum ulp_math)
 
 # Linker script template processed by ldgen. The mapping[ulp_math_fast]
 # marker is resolved using the .lf fragment from the ulp_math component.
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_add_main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_add_main/CMakeLists.txt
index 8457c1b2eb5..34613e8e3cd 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_add_main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_add_main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES lp_core)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_multiply_main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_multiply_main/CMakeLists.txt
index 8457c1b2eb5..34613e8e3cd 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_multiply_main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/multi_binary/main/ulp/components/ulp_multiply_main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES lp_core)
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/riscv/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/riscv/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
index bc4cc55c3c4..561bab33a0c 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/riscv/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ulp/full_subproject/riscv/main/ulp/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
-                       REQUIRES ulp_riscv
                        LDFRAGMENTS "ulp_riscv_sections.lf")
 
 # Supplementary linker script template processed by ldgen. The mapping marker