diff --git a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.cpp b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.cpp
index 7347b768f9137e..609740340a6661 100644
--- a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void ESPWiFiDriver::ConnectNetwork(ByteSpan networkId, ConnectCallback * callbac
                              reinterpret_cast<const char *>(mStagingNetwork.credentials), mStagingNetwork.credentialsLen);
 
     err = DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().StartTimer(
-        static_cast<System::Clock::Timeout>((kWiFiConnectNetworkTimeoutSeconds - kClientCommunicationDalay) * secToMiliSec),
+        static_cast<System::Clock::Timeout>(kWiFiConnectNetworkTimeoutSeconds * secToMiliSec),
         OnConnectWiFiNetworkFailed, NULL);
     mpConnectCallback = callback;
 exit:
diff --git a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
index c19215730506d5..fd3f1ddaa2ed64 100644
--- a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
+++ b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ namespace NetworkCommissioning {
 namespace {
 constexpr uint8_t kMaxWiFiNetworks                  = 1;
 constexpr uint8_t kWiFiScanNetworksTimeOutSeconds   = 10;
-constexpr uint8_t kClientCommunicationDalay         = 10;
-constexpr uint8_t kWiFiConnectNetworkTimeoutSeconds = 30 + kClientCommunicationDalay;
+constexpr uint8_t kWiFiConnectNetworkTimeoutSeconds = 30;
 } // namespace
 
 class ESPScanResponseIterator : public Iterator<WiFiScanResponse>