diff --git a/tools/ci/mypy_ignore_list.txt b/tools/ci/mypy_ignore_list.txt
index e1fd8fa48d4..11a7e4c2496 100644
--- a/tools/ci/mypy_ignore_list.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/mypy_ignore_list.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ tools/esp_prov/security/security1.py
 tools/esp_prov/transport/ble_cli.py
 tools/esp_prov/transport/transport.py
 tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_ble.py
-tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_console.py
 tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_http.py
 tools/gen_esp_err_to_name.py
 tools/gen_soc_caps_kconfig/test/test_gen_soc_caps_kconfig.py
diff --git a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_console.py b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_console.py
index 8fbcc2fe9c1..07ff335933f 100644
--- a/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_console.py
+++ b/tools/esp_prov/transport/transport_console.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
-
-from utils import hex_str_to_bytes, str_to_bytes
+# type: ignore
+from utils import str_to_bytes
 
 from .transport import Transport
 
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ async def send_data(self, path, data, session_id=0):
         except Exception as err:
             print('error:', err)
             return None
-        return hex_str_to_bytes(resp)
+        return bytearray.fromhex(resp).decode('latin-1')